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hardcover. An introduction to 'cultural astronomy' for a broad audience, IAU S278 presents multidisciplinary discussions of our worldwide astronomical heritage. Editor(s): Ruggles, Clive L. N. Series: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 430 pages, 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HD; JFSL; PG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107019782
- ISBN
- 9781107019782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.53
€ 88.53
Hardback. Traces the history of scientific research on the planet Jupiter from the observations of Galileo to the explorations of the Pioneer and Voyager space probes. Num Pages: 155 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 953.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st, Date Same on Title & Copyright Page
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231051767
- ISBN
- 9780231051767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.22€ 82.22
€ 109.22
€ 82.22
Paperback. Begins by addressing basic questions about active galactic nuclei: What are they? How can they be found? How do they evolve? This book assesses the evidence for massive black holes and considers how they generate power by accretion. It discusses X-ray and g-ray emission, radio emission and jets, emission and absorption lines, and others. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 632 pages, 8 tables 111 line illus. 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PGK; PGM; PHR; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 870.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011516
- ISBN
- 9780691011516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.67€ 79.73
€ 105.67
€ 79.73
Paperback. This revised edition describes our current knowledge of the sun using simple physics. It includes more detail on space weather predictions and modern solar instrumentation, while still evenly dealing with the entire scope of topics covered in solar research. Num Pages: 490 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1038.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527411740
- ISBN
- 9783527411740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.65
€ 85.65
Hardback. Focusing on the "Einstein Tower," an architecturally historic observatory built in Potsdam in 1920, this book investigates German scientific life by blending biography, architectural history, scientific theory and research, and scientific politics. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 244 pages, 50 half-tones. BIC Classification: PDX; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728249
- ISBN
- 9780804728249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.42
€ 79.42
Paperback. Explores how identities emerge, persist and change and which power resources are tapped in the course of this process. This work illustrates the dynamics of identification as performance and narrative, as power and meaning, and as an interplay between self and other, difference and similarity. Series: Studies in Religion S. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRCS1; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772887821
- ISBN
- 9788772887821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.85
€ 23.85
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kuz'min, A.D. Translator(s): Makinen, Paul. Series: Proceedings of the Lebedev Physics Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Num Pages: 326 pages, tabs.ch. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941743693
- ISBN
- 9780941743693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.08€ 161.40
€ 219.08
€ 161.40
Hardcover. Editor(s): Costas, Lorenzo A. Num Pages: 300 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600218262
- ISBN
- 9781600218262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.14€ 153.78
€ 230.14
€ 153.78
Paperback. New updated edition of the biography of a remarkable man - motor neurone disease victim and awesome intellect Stephen (A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME) Hawking Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: BG; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 6. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117287
- ISBN
- 9780349117287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.46
€ 19.99
€ 14.46
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652832
- ISBN
- 9780691652832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.51€ 117.48
€ 158.51
€ 117.48
hardcover. Devoted to exploring questions about the origin and evolution of life in our Universe, this interdisciplinary book has widespread appeal. Editor(s): Gargaud, Muriel; Lopez-Garcia, Purificacion; Martin, Herve. Series: Cambridge Astrobiology. Num Pages: 546 pages, 123 b/w illus. 19 tables. BIC Classification: PGS; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 258 x 182 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 546
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521761314
- ISBN
- 9780521761314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.93
€ 118.93
hardcover. Instructs amateur astronomers in observing and monitoring variable stars and other objects of variable brightness. Num Pages: 242 pages, 91 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521820479
- ISBN
- 9780521820479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.68€ 55.86
€ 60.68
€ 55.86
hardcover. An up-to-date review of the lives of massive galaxies, covering cutting-edge advances in telescope technology, surveys and computation. Editor(s): Thomas, Daniel; Pasquali, Anna; Ferreras, Ignacio. Series: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 406 pages, 200 b/w illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107033849
- ISBN
- 9781107033849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.67
€ 75.67
Hardback. Where would you look for alien life? An astronomer and science popularizer explains the basics of astrobiology to outline five plausible scenarios for finding extraterrestrials Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208696
- ISBN
- 9780300208696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.35
€ 35.99
€ 26.35
Hardback. Did you know that as you read these words showers of high-speed particles from exploding stars are raining down on you? This book reveals the startling ways life on Earth is touched by our cosmic environment, and demonstrates why without such contact, life itself wouldn't be possible. Num Pages: 264 pages, 54 halftones. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129464
- ISBN
- 9780691129464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. A textbook that facilitates learning by doing. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; PGM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 277 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Fifth
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393265125
- ISBN
- 9780393265125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.49€ 91.73
€ 96.49
€ 91.73
Paperback. Spanish cosmographers were charged with turning their observations of the New World into a body of knowledge that could be used for governing. The author shows that this knowledge had considerable strategic, defensive, and monetary value that royal scientists were charged with safeguarding from foreign and internal enemies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 colour plates, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KB; PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055404
- ISBN
- 9780226055404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614373
- ISBN
- 9780691614373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.49
€ 47.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545672
- ISBN
- 9781594545672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.41€ 180.14
€ 270.41
€ 180.14
Hardcover. When visitors to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, walk through the Skylab of 1967-73 they experience the vehicles interior space but learn nothing about the industrial design of the spacecraft nor the designers who created it. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: PG; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 310 x 290 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges Germany
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783930698103
- ISBN
- 9783930698103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.98
€ 46.99
€ 32.98
Paperback. The autobiography of astronaut John Young. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049335
- ISBN
- 9780813049335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.83
€ 41.83
Paperback. Timespace argues that the old dimensions of time and space do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. the contributors introduce the concepts of time and space together, across a range of disciplines. Editor(s): May, Jon; Thrift, Nigel. Series: Critical Geographies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: GT; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415180849
- ISBN
- 9780415180849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.32
€ 75.32
hardcover. IAU S234 summarises current research on planetary nebulae, in reviews by leading experts in the field. Editor(s): Barlow, Michael J. Series: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 590 pages, 250 b/w illus. 110 tables. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521863438
- ISBN
- 9780521863438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.90
€ 97.90
Hardcover. In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PGZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226093185
- ISBN
- 9780226093185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.98€ 75.47
€ 91.98
€ 75.47