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Paperback. Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. This book explains how the true nature of time impacts on us, our world, and our universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046525
ISBN
9780141046525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.85

Hardback. Argues that time travel fiction is a narrative "laboratory," a setting for thought experiments in which essential theoretical questions about storytelling are represented in the form of literal devices and plots Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823249961
ISBN
9780823249961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.85

Paperback. Using no math beyond high school algebra, the authors lay out an approachable explanation of Einstein's special relativity, then move through the fundamental differences between traveling forward and backward in time and the surprising theoretical connection between going back in time and traveling faster than the speed of light. Num Pages: 278 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045481
ISBN
9780226045481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.53

Paperback. If you ever wanted to set up the latest and greatest grandfather paradox-or just wanted to know if the time-bending events in the latest pulp you read could ever happen-then this book is for you. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400822
ISBN
9781421400822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.24

Paperback. One of the world's most outstanding astrophysicists provides a state-of-the-art investigation into the possibility of time travel. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 Diagram(s),15 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753813492
ISBN
9780753813492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Argues that time travel fiction is a narrative "laboratory," a setting for thought experiments in which essential theoretical questions about storytelling are represented in the form of literal devices and plots Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823249978
ISBN
9780823249978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

paperback. Presents an innovative view of time and contemporary physics. The author urges physicists, philosophers, and anyone who has ever pondered the paradoxes of time to look at the world from a fresh perspective, and throws light on some of the great mysteries of the universe. Num Pages: 320 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: HPCF; PD; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSK0000521
ISBN
9780195117981
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718829643
ISBN
9780718829643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.07

Paperback. Explores the hidden dimensions of time, looking at everything from when the present becomes the past to the tribe that see the future backwards, from when sex is best to why the years seem to speed by as we age. This book reveals how we can learn to live in harmony with the secret clock within us, altering our perceptions to transform our lives. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KRF0021737
ISBN
9780141034638
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851244297
ISBN
9780851244297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.93

Paperback. A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782113218
ISBN
9781782113218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Gould's subject is nothing less than geology's signal contribution to human thought--the discovery of "deep time", a history so ancient that we can best comprehend it as metaphor. Series: The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674891999
ISBN
9780674891999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.28

Paperback. Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803245211
ISBN
9780803245211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.70

Paperback. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, the author shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141980874
ISBN
9780141980874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBD; TNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416826
ISBN
9780674416826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback. Presents an exploration of how 21st Century is going to change not just the way we think, but also what we actually think with - our own individual minds. Editor(s): McGrath, Stefan. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226. Light shelf wear, else as new.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0021064
ISBN
9780141008882
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 25000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635019
ISBN
9780691635019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 242.35

paperback. Editor(s): Grene, Marjorie; Mendelson, Everett. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 467 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 760. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Reidel Publishing Company
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036114
ISBN
9789027705969
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Contains lectures from the CBMS Regional Conference held at Harvey Mudd College, June 1977. This monograph consists of applications to nonlinear differential equations of the author's coincidental degree. It includes an bibliography covering many aspects of the modern theory of nonlinear differential equations and the theory of nonlinear analysis. Series: CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821816905
ISBN
9780821816905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.63

Hardcover. Editor(s): Myskja, Arne; Espvik, Ola. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
196
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251918282
ISBN
9788251918282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.12

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