Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
Paperback. A collection of essays, presented orally to a diverse group of students and professionals, which reveal the fertile areas for future study of astronomy and astrophysics. The emphasis is on the description of the state of our knowledge as a preparation for the future unraveling of the mysteries of the universe. Editor(s): Bahcall, John N.; Ostriker, J.P. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016061
- ISBN
- 9780691016061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.77€ 63.98
€ 82.77
€ 63.98
Paperback. This book presents a visionary concept for future development of space travel. It describes the enabling technology for future propulsion concepts and demonstrates how mankind will 'live off the land in space' in migration from Earth. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; TRP; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489988775
- ISBN
- 9781489988775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.45
€ 29.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. * explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. * examines notions of time that extend from ancient mythology and classical philosophy to the contemporary social world of high--speed computer networks and globalized social relations. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627786
- ISBN
- 9780745627786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.08
€ 22.08
Paperback. Introducing a "timescape" perspective, the author dislodges taken-for-granted assumptions about environmental change, enables reformulation of environmental problems and their cures and provides the potential for strategies to deal with some of the most severe environmental hazards of our time. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HPCF; PGZ; RNP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415162753
- ISBN
- 9780415162753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
paperback. Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained substantially isolated from time--related concerns. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: J; PGZ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745614076
- ISBN
- 9780745614076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Hardback. What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction, Barbara Adam explores the changing ways in which time has been understood and how this knowledge is embedded in cultural practices. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627779
- ISBN
- 9780745627779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
Paperback. In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practices and knowledge, in artefacts, in the body, and in the environment. Adam suggests ways not merely to deconstruct but to reconstruct both common--sense and social science understanding. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PGZ; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614618
- ISBN
- 9780745614618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.05
€ 24.05
hardcover. An engaging re-examination of William Huggins' life and career; it will appeal to anyone interested in the history of astronomy. Num Pages: 400 pages, 45 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 174 x 23. Weight in Grams: 93.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107002296
- ISBN
- 9781107002296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.04
€ 161.04
Paperback. Discovering the Solar System, Second Edition covers the Sun, the planets, their satellites and the host of smaller bodies that orbit the Sun. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject for science students, and examines the discovery, investigation and modelling of these bodies. Num Pages: 470 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470018316
- ISBN
- 9780470018316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.96
€ 82.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 305 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306432941
- ISBN
- 9780306432941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.93
€ 63.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306435669
- ISBN
- 9780306435669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306444692
- ISBN
- 9780306444692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.33
€ 64.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306447631
- ISBN
- 9780306447631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 297 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306429521
- ISBN
- 9780306429521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. BIC Classification: PGC. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306439667
- ISBN
- 9780306439667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. BIC Classification: PGC. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306455674
- ISBN
- 9780306455674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. From the patristic age until the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582, computus the science of time reckoning and art of calendar construction was a subject of intense concern to medieval people. This work presents an exposition of the Julian solar calendar and the Paschal table of Dionysius Exiguus, with their related formulae for calculating dates. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7d. BIC Classification: HRCM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 212 x 40. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853236931
- ISBN
- 9780853236931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.69
€ 45.99
€ 40.69
Neutrino Mass, Dark Matter, Gravitational Waves, Monopole Condensation...
Behram; Etc. . Ed(S): Kursunoglu
Hardback. Proceedings of the International Conference on Orbis Scientiac 1996 held in Miami Beach, Florida, January 25-28, 1996 Editor(s): Kursunoglu, Behram; etc. Num Pages: 396 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 2230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306453915
- ISBN
- 9780306453915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.92
€ 204.92
Hardback. Proceedings of an ESO CCD Workshop held in Garching, Germany on October 8-10, 1996 Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792349259
- ISBN
- 9780792349259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.66
€ 187.66
Paperback. This introduction provides physicists with an understanding of binary and single star evolution, beginning with some background information on the topic. Readers of this text will understand the astrophysics behind the populations of compact object binary systems. Num Pages: 274 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 31 colour illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441999900
- ISBN
- 9781441999900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.16
€ 69.16