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Paperback. This book presents astrophysics from basic principles without requiring any previous study of astronomy or astrophysics. This one-semester overview provides 15 lecture-sized chapters and 50 set-aside focus elements. Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 635 pages, 122 black & white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642359620
- ISBN
- 9783642359620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.76
€ 120.76
Hardback. Describes some of the key aspects of celestial mechanics and spaceflight dynamics. This book introduces orbital elements as well as analysis techniques that are sufficient to evaluate the influence of various disturbing forces on spacecraft. It outlines a theory of manoeuvres and the methodology of making interplanetary trajectory corrections. Series: Space Technology Library. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402010637
- ISBN
- 9781402010637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 293.31
€ 293.31
Paperback. This book traces the development of the European space programme from its pre-1970 beginnings to the prospects for European ventures beyond the year 2000. It looks at the failure of the Europa Rocket programme, and the development of the successful Ariane programme. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349101276
- ISBN
- 9781349101276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.12
€ 48.12
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of the development of Europe's highly successful space programme. This title explains the politics, science and organisation of the European Space Programme and the many technological achievements of its satellites and rockets. It focuses on Europe placing the various national programmes in a European context. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 414 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852337223
- ISBN
- 9781852337223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.10€ 52.62
€ 53.10
€ 52.62
Paperback. Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds probes for possible answers to the fundamentals questions asked about these planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This book examines what such planets might be like and how we can find them. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 297 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461406433
- ISBN
- 9781461406433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.38
€ 35.99
€ 31.38
Hardback. An exploration of the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such 19th-century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA. Num Pages: 512 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122052
- ISBN
- 9780813122052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.02
€ 71.02
Paperback. Conway, JPL's historian, offers an insider's perspective into the changing goals of Mars exploration, the ways in which sophisticated computer simulations drove the design process, and the remarkable evolution of landing technologies over a thirty-year period. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21, 11 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; PDX; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 249 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421223
- ISBN
- 9781421421223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.11
€ 37.99
€ 33.11
Hardcover. Editor(s): Abelson, Vivian M. Num Pages: 188 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 184 x 17. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332733
- ISBN
- 9781590332733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.16€ 76.32
€ 99.16
€ 76.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages, b/w photos & tables. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760800
- ISBN
- 9781608760800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.83€ 138.53
€ 201.83
€ 138.53
Hardback. Editor(s): Lawrence, Jocelyn. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634840613
- ISBN
- 9781634840613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.33€ 144.32
€ 191.33
€ 144.32
Paperback. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 309 pages, 156 black & white illustrations, 88 colour illustrations, 60 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319305622
- ISBN
- 9783319305622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.69
€ 59.69
Hardback. Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285095
- ISBN
- 9780803285095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.35
€ 40.99
€ 37.35
Hardback. Translation of: Hang tian qi kong zhi ji suan ji rong cuop ji shu. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: TGPR; TJ; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 46. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc Singapore
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119107279
- ISBN
- 9781119107279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.74
€ 161.74
Hardback. Explores the Apollo missions and the most successful years of America's space program. Editor(s): Burgess, Colin. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 520 pages, 55 illustrations, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBG; HBLW; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226654
- ISBN
- 9780803226654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Hardcover. Formulation for Observed and Computed Values of Deep Space Network Data Types for Navigation documents the formation of the Regres of the Orbit Determination Program (ODP) of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Program Regres calculates the computed values of observed quantities (e.g. Series: JPL Deep-Space Communications and Navigation Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, references. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471445357
- ISBN
- 9780471445357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 310.82
€ 310.82
Num Pages: 320 pages, 402 color & 43 b/w photos. BIC Classification: PG; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1546. The Laboratory and Marketplace. 320 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PG; TTD. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 29. Weight: 1546.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337765
- ISBN
- 9780764337765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.10
€ 48.99
€ 32.10
Hardcover. An extensive text reference includes around an asteroid - a new and important topic - Covers the most updated contents in spacecraft dynamics and control, both in theory and application- Introduces the application to motion around asteroids - a new and important topic- Written by a very experienced researcher in this area Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 250 x 19. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118753538
- ISBN
- 9781118753538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.27
€ 135.27
Hardback. Covers various aspects of the field of spacecraft charging, ranging from secondary and backscattered electrons, spacecraft charging in Maxwellian plasmas, effective mitigation techniques, and potential wells and barriers to operational anomalies, meteors, and neutral gas release. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones. 154 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129471
- ISBN
- 9780691129471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.67€ 89.70
€ 116.67
€ 89.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Warren, Derek A.; Conway, Bridget D. Num Pages: 245 pages, tables, diagrams, graphs, illus., b&w photos. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616687748
- ISBN
- 9781616687748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.83€ 138.53
€ 201.83
€ 138.53
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lojdahl, Franz. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Har/Cdr
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607413844
- ISBN
- 9781607413844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.83€ 86.88
€ 124.83
€ 86.88