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paperback. Useful guide and reference for amateur astronomers exploring the night sky through handheld binoculars. Num Pages: 168 pages, 225 b/w illus. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 211 x 9. Weight in Grams: 504. A Simple Guide to the Heavens. 168 pages, 225 b/w illus. Useful guide and reference for amateur astronomers exploring the night sky through handheld binoculars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WNX. Dimension: 297 x 211 x 9. Weight: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521721707
- ISBN
- 9780521721707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.62
€ 44.99
€ 37.62
Paperback. Provides an overview of the successful Soviet/Russian development of space suits and subsequent space walks from Vostok to MIR and ISS. This title provides details of events, including their technical development. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; TTDS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 245 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852337322
- ISBN
- 9781852337322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.28€ 51.37
€ 55.28
€ 51.37
Paperback. This is the first Spectral Atlas designed for amateur astronomers. For the first time in one place, it identifies more than 70 (northern hemisphere) bright stars that are suitable observational targets for both amateurs and astronomy students. Series: Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441907042
- ISBN
- 9781441907042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.20
€ 46.99
€ 38.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 125 black and white photos and 125 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556438141
- ISBN
- 9781556438141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. This book gives a summary of our current knowledge of comets and describes how amateur astronomers can contribute. It contains many practical examples and details key observing techniques that can be used with commercially available modern observing equipment. Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides. Num Pages: 254 pages, 164 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 50 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441957894
- ISBN
- 9781441957894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.01
€ 46.99
€ 38.01
paperback. This objective study examines the many-sided Tunguska phenomenon, the explosive event in the USSR that cannot be explained by simple meteoric models. The author sets out the progress made in researching the event and deals with the UFO myths surrounding it. Editor(s): Ashpole, Edward. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 328 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 11 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Copernicus United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461429258
- ISBN
- 9781461429258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.67€ 45.60
€ 50.67
€ 45.60
Paperback. Translator(s): Lyle, Stephen. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 103 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGS; TRP; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319217284
- ISBN
- 9783319217284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.19
€ 40.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Series: Studies in the History of Modern Science. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PG; PH; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400977549
- ISBN
- 9789400977549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 239.52
€ 239.52
Paperback. Today's casual observer knows far less about the sky than did our ancestors, who depended on the sun and the moon to tell them the time and on the stars to guide them through the seas. This title gives us back our knowledge of the sky, offering an overview of what can be seen there without the help of a telescope. Num Pages: 224 pages, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226345772
- ISBN
- 9780226345772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.67
€ 25.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. The Night Sky Companion is a comprehensive guide to what can be explored in the heavens on a nightly basis. Designed to appeal to readers at all skill levels, it provides a digest for sky watchers interested in all types of astronomical information. Series Editor(s): Vogt, K. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 671 pages, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 671
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387716084
- ISBN
- 9780387716084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.55
€ 34.99
€ 33.55
Paperback. This star guide helps amateur astronomers advance from easily observed objects to more difficult targets, and includes detailed descriptions of each class of object. The revised edition offers new chapters on Transient Objects and Naked-Eye Deep Sky Objects. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461412656
- ISBN
- 9781461412656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: PGG; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 105 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894959384
- ISBN
- 9781894959384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.07
€ 11.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. Following his popular Weird Astronomy, David Seargent explores atmospheric and "shallow space" rather than deep space events. Using a balanced, scientific approach, the book covers strange, unusual, and apparently inexplicable observations of the air and sky. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 375 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: WNWM; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461430698
- ISBN
- 9781461430698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.90
€ 46.99
€ 38.90
paperback. Contains information an amateur astronomer may need to know to begin observing whilst going into the subject for those who are already involved. This book covers a wide range of available equipment, from simple DIY spectroscopes to some of the most expensive commercially-made instruments. Editor(s): Tonkin, Stephen F. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, 115 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PNFS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852334895
- ISBN
- 9781852334895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 41.90
€ 51.99
€ 41.90
Hardback. The nature and essence of Dark Matter and Dark Energy have become the central issue in modern cosmology, as they make up most of the matter and energy content of the known universe. This book intends to meet the needs of both postgraduate students and young researchers in the fields of modern cosmology and astrophysics. Editor(s): Papantonopoulos, Eleftherios. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 449 pages, 17 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 449
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540710127
- ISBN
- 9783540710127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.44
€ 67.44
Hardback. Takes you on a tour of the Universe. En route, this title stops off to gaze at 100 amazing sights - from asteroids to zodiacal dust and from orbit around the Earth to beyond the most distant galaxies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 287 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Welbeck Publishing Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780978376
- ISBN
- 9781780978376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.35
€ 32.99
€ 22.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387004365
- ISBN
- 9780387004365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.13
€ 46.99
€ 44.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 halftones. 19 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173337
- ISBN
- 9780691173337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.50
€ 21.99
€ 17.50
Hardback. This book reviews the physics of clusters of galaxies beyond the standard thermal view. It covers topics such as the warm-hot intergalactic medium outside the clusters, non-thermal radiation components, and the chemical evolution of these structures. Editor(s): Kaastra, Jelle. Num Pages: 422 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVB; WNX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 879.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387788746
- ISBN
- 9780387788746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.94
€ 241.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehan, William. Translator(s): Moore, Patrick. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 551 pages, 318 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; PDX; PGS; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 551
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319344775
- ISBN
- 9783319344775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.20
€ 188.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages, 80 colour photos. BIC Classification: BM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Griffin Media Canada
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781926837093
- ISBN
- 9781926837093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.02
€ 23.99
€ 17.02
Paperback. This guide is for budding stargazers who want to develop observing skills beyond mere sightseeing and learn some of the techniques used to carry out enjoyable and scientifically useful observations. Includes useful exercises to help develop observing skills. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461487654
- ISBN
- 9781461487654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.16
€ 54.16
Hardcover. The Beginning and the End Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 379 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 23 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDX; PGC; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319050614
- ISBN
- 9783319050614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.25
€ 98.25
Paperback. This book combines newly acquired knowledge of the Moon with detailed descriptions and labeled photographic maps of the lunar surface. It offers techniques and tips on how to observe interesting features of the Moon, with telescopes and binoculars. Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, 57 colour illustrations, 80 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642148040
- ISBN
- 9783642148040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.41
€ 46.99
€ 38.41