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Astronomy, space & time

Hardback. Proceedings of the 8th NSO Summer Symposium held at Sacramento Peak, New Mexico, August 11-14, 1986 Editor(s): Durney, Bernard R.; Sofia, Sabatino. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 385 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027725233
ISBN
9789027725233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 246.43

hardcover. Presents the proceedings of a conference held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Initial Mass Function (IMF) concept by Ed Salpeter. This book includes reviews on the deep implications of the IMF on star formation theories, and on the physical conditions of the gas before and after star formation. Editor(s): Palla, Francesco; Zinnecker, Hans; Corbelli, Edvige. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 571 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
571
Condition
New
Edition
2005th Edition
SKU
V9781402034060
ISBN
9781402034060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.60

Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Les Houches, France, March 20-30, 1991 Editor(s): Signore, Monique; Dupraz, C. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 777.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401050807
ISBN
9789401050807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardback. This volume reviews observations of non-evolved and evolved binary populations in clusters and the field with special emphasis on statistical biases, incompleteness and distribution functions. It includes highlights of the possible effects of binaries on galactic chemical evolution. Editor(s): Vanbeveren, Dany. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 602 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1023.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
602
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792371045
ISBN
9780792371045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.89

Paperback. The author, one of the world's foremost cosmologists, sets out to answer the vexed question surrounding the Big Bang Theory: if matter can neither be created nor destroyed, how could so much matter arise from nothing? This is the story of Guth's quest to understand the origins of the universe. Num Pages: 384 pages, 75. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099959502
ISBN
9780099959502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.76

Hardback. Proceedings of the 129th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Cambridge, MA, USA, May 10-15, 1987 Editor(s): Reid, M. J.; Moran, James Michael. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1061.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027727046
ISBN
9789027727046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 243.06

Paperback. Proceedings of the 132nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Paris, France, June 29-July 3, 1987 Editor(s): Strobel, G. Cayrel de; Spite, Monique. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 626 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
626
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027726964
ISBN
9789027726964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 196.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Greve, Tim. Series: Nobel Foundation Symposia. Num Pages: 134 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1976
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9781468486667
ISBN
9781468486667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.16

Paperback. Proceedings of the 3rd EUROCONFERENCE on Near-Infrared Surveys held at Meudon Observatory, France on June 19-20, 1997 Editor(s): Epchtein, N. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401061100
ISBN
9789401061100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.55

hardcover. After a year's successful operation, the European DENIS project is now a scientific reality and its close cousin 2MASS (USA) is about to come into operation. The observational and data reduction processes of both DENIS and 2MASS are fully described in this volume. Editor(s): Garzon, F.; etc. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
1997th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792344346
ISBN
9780792344346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.46

Paperback. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Spain) on 22-26 April 1996 Editor(s): Garzon, F.; Epchtein, N.; Omont, A. (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France); Persi, P. (Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati, Italy); Burton, W. B. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401064422
ISBN
9789401064422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.23

paperback. Constitutes the proceedings of 41st symposium in the ESLAB series of the European Space Agency collect the oral and poster papers that were presented and discussed during the meeting. Editor(s): Macchetto, F. Duccio. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400731615
ISBN
9789400731615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 239.15

Hardback. Editor(s): Macchetto, F. Duccio. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048133994
ISBN
9789048133994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.92

paperback. Editor(s): Burch, James L. Num Pages: 506 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 827.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401058377
ISBN
9789401058377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 188.24

Hardback. IMAGE (Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration) is the first NASA MIDEX mission. This volume offers descriptions of the IMAGE instrumentation and of the image inversion techniques used to interpret the data. Also included are chapters on the IMAGE science objectives, the spacecraft design and capabilities, and more. Editor(s): Burch, James L. Num Pages: 506 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; PHVB; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1511.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792361114
ISBN
9780792361114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.13

Hardcover. Features over one hundred and fifty colour illustrations that have been specially commissioned to help the reader understand what have become popular mythic images of our century, but which nonetheless remain difficult, abstract ideas to grasp. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Publisher
Bantam Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780593077184
ISBN
9780593077184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.34

paperback. Editor(s): Rosenberg, Jessica L.; Putman, Mary E. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401039789
ISBN
9789401039789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.27

Hardback. Examines the census of baryons in the local universe as a function of the states in which they reside and how they evolve with redshift. This book characterizes the halos around galaxies and discusses the relics of the galaxy formation process from a theoretical perspective, and by observational and theoretical analysis of the feedback mechanisms. Editor(s): Rosenberg, Jessica L.; Putman, Mary E. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402012891
ISBN
9781402012891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.78

Hardback. Examining perspectives on time, how and why we measure time as we do, and time in relation to our lives, the author launches a wide-ranging enquiry into this elusive concept. The book looks at time and the universe as a whole, from the "beginnings" of time through to the present. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471985457
ISBN
9780471985457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.81

Paperback. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 133 colour illustrations, 143 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PGK; PGS; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319241166
ISBN
9783319241166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.41

Paperback. What would the universe be like if human beings were not here to observe it? Would there still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast, without our tininess to give it scale? This work is written by the author of novels such as "Spies", plays ("Copenhagen" and "Noises Off") and films ("Clockwise"). Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571232185
ISBN
9780571232185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.25

Paperback. Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 80 held in Washington D.C., U.S.A., November 2-5, 1977 Editor(s): Philip, A. G. Davis; Hayes, D. S. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027709066
ISBN
9789027709066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 241.39

Hardback. Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 80 held in Washington D.C., U.S.A., November 2-5, 1977 Editor(s): Philip, A. G. Davis; Hayes, D. S. Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (Closed). Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 879.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027709059
ISBN
9789027709059
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.17

Paperback. Leofranc Holford-Strevens explores time measurement and the organisation of time into hours, days, months and years using a range of fascinating examples from Ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's Leap Year, to the 1920s' project for a fixed Easter. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, numerous b/w line illustrations and halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804990
ISBN
9780192804990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

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