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Paperback. This volume on an expanding theoretical topic in linguistics aims to define the common elements of a 'lingua cosmica' that could be understood by non-human, extraterrestrial intelligences. In doing so, it explores concepts central to core linguistic theory. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CF; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461454670
- ISBN
- 9781461454670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.68
€ 184.68
paperback. This updated and widely extended second edition offers a comprehensive and coherent account of astromineralogy. It reflects the tremendous boost this field has received with the reliable identification of minerals by the Infrared Space Observatory. Editor(s): Henning, Thomas. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 338 pages, 111 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHFC; PNV; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642132582
- ISBN
- 9783642132582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Paperback. Proceedings of the 22nd Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, Brussels, 20-25 September 1971 Editor(s): Napolitano, L.G.; Contensou, P.; Hilton, W.F. Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1019.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401025614
- ISBN
- 9789401025614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.48
€ 67.48
Paperback. Proceedings of the 23rd IAF Congress, held in Vienna, October 8-15, 1972 Editor(s): Napolitano, L.G.; Contensou, P.; Hilton, W.F. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1973
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401025782
- ISBN
- 9789401025782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.22
€ 65.22
Hardback. Shows the results and the prospects of astronautics. This book focuses on the development of astronautics in Russia in the historical and economic conditions. It describes the possibilities of the wide use of space technologies and its numerous applications such as navigation and communication, space manufacturing, and space biotechnology. Translator(s): Sherbakov, V.; Novichkov, N.N.; Nechaev, A. Num Pages: 603 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Number of pages
- 603
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783211838907
- ISBN
- 9783211838907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Sherbakov, V.; Novichkov, N.N.; Nechaev, A. Num Pages: 603 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; TRC; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1149.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 603
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783709172186
- ISBN
- 9783709172186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 49.63
€ 50.82
€ 49.63
Paperback. This book examines the increasing need for commercial astronauts. It provides unique insights into the burgeoning new field of commercial space operation, individuals who will run these missions and the types of missions this new corps of astronauts will fly. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 101 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 1 colour. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461405191
- ISBN
- 9781461405191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.32
€ 40.99
€ 33.32
Paperback. Reviewing the nexus of climate change and astronomy, this book examines all the theories on the matter and argues that astronomical factors are the major determinant of the Earth's climate, adding key new analysis to an urgent and central contemporary debate. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 298 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 96 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; RNPG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461446071
- ISBN
- 9781461446071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.57
€ 46.99
€ 38.57
Paperback. Describes the relations/interactions of astronomy with other sciences, as well as technology, industry, politics, philosophy and superstition, underlining what it means to be an astronomer, the history of astronomy, and the place of astronomy in society today. Editor(s): Lasota, Jean-Pierre. Series: Integrated Science and Technology Program. Num Pages: 380 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400737099
- ISBN
- 9789400737099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.75
€ 185.75
paperback. This book is unique in covering the basic qualitative and quantitative tools required for an understanding of modern astrophysics, including a broad sampling of formulae. 54 illustrations. Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642436956
- ISBN
- 9783642436956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.78
€ 63.78
Hardcover. This book reviews recent progress in gamma-ray astrophysics and multi-messenger astronomy. Includes research on the sources of GeV and TeV photons gleaned from measurements made by new instrumentats, new work on detection of dark matter and more. Editor(s): Walter, Roland; Turler, Marc. Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHP; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642361333
- ISBN
- 9783642361333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Hardback. The essential universe, from a celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PHVB; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393609394
- ISBN
- 9780393609394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.24
€ 19.99
€ 18.24
paperback. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have the capability to investigate - and answer - some of the most challenging questions in astronomy. This book includes a 'pre-history' of JWST, describing the process and some of the key individuals that initiated early work on the concepts that would evolve to become the premier space observatory. Editor(s): Thronson, Harley A., Jr; Stiavelli, Massimo S.; Tielens, Alexander (Kapteyn Astronomical Institute). Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Num Pages: 531 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 531
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048181322
- ISBN
- 9789048181322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 408.88
€ 408.88
Hardcover. The space between the stars contains objects in which physical processes occur that are fundamental to galaxies. This book examines these processes and presents simple numeric estimates of the main quantities relevant to the interstellar medium. Num Pages: 274 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461437666
- ISBN
- 9781461437666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.43
€ 175.43
Paperback. At Home in Space explores both the individual missions within the decade and key challenges facing human space exploration, from the problems of simply breathing and eating in space to the difficulties of locomotion on the Moon. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 494 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 49 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441988096
- ISBN
- 9781441988096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.22
€ 46.99
€ 42.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Moller, Detlev. Num Pages: 200 pages, 45 black & white tables. BIC Classification: PNF; RB; RNP; TTDS; TVB; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642635656
- ISBN
- 9783642635656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Atmospheric Science at NASA critically examines this politically controversial science, dissecting the often convoluted roles, motives, and relationships of the various institutional actors involved-among them NASA, congressional appropriation committees, government weather and climate bureaus, and the military. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30, 19 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX; PHVJ; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889844
- ISBN
- 9780801889844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.25
€ 72.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 56 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; PGS; PHVB; PNV; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 4. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319460512
- ISBN
- 9783319460512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.59
€ 40.99
€ 37.59
hardcover. This unique book provides an in-depth discussion of autonomous and autonomic systems, their interdependencies, differences and similarities. Current and pending issues in these evermore increasingly important subjects are highlighted and discussed. Series: NASA Monographs in Systems and Software Engineering. Num Pages: 306 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS; UYQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846282324
- ISBN
- 9781846282324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 274.74
€ 274.74
Hardcover. This book treats the design and development of algorithms that allow successful autonomous operation of a software-defined radio (SDR) system. Unlike a software radio that is simply reconfigurable, this book treats the problem of autonomously reconfiguring a radio to receive whatever type of signal happens to come in. Editor(s): Hamkins, Jon; Simon, Marvin K. Series Editor(s): Yuen, Joseph H. Series: JPL Deep-Space Communications and Navigation Series. Num Pages: 436 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TJKR; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470082126
- ISBN
- 9780470082126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.43
€ 250.43