Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
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Theoretical & mathematical astronomy
Paperback. Plain-language explanations and a rich set of supporting material help students understand the mathematical concepts and techniques of astronomy. Num Pages: 205 pages, 67 b/w illus. 154 exercises. BIC Classification: PGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107610217
- ISBN
- 9781107610217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.88
€ 27.99
€ 26.88
paperback. A complete account of the underlying physical processes of accretion for graduate students and researchers. Series: Cambridge Astrophysics. Num Pages: 346 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGC; PGM; PHVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521531993
- ISBN
- 9780521531993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.37
€ 94.37
hardcover. A hands-on guide to Bayesian models with R, JAGS, Python, and Stan code, for a wide range of astronomical data types. Num Pages: 424 pages, 66 b/w illus. 23 colour illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: PBTB; PGC; PHVB; TBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107133082
- ISBN
- 9781107133082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.02
€ 85.02
Hardcover. * The unrivalled reference to cutting edge celestial dynamics * Must-have to calculate exoplanet motion and interplanetary space flight * Written by internationally renown expert * Mathematica supplements for practical use of the formulae . Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527409778
- ISBN
- 9783527409778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.90
€ 139.90
Paperback. Presenting the story of Poincare's work, this book traces the history of attempts to solve the problems of celestial mechanics posed in Isaac Newton's "Principia" in 1686. It introduces the people whose ideas led to the field called nonlinear dynamics. Series: Princeton science library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 halftones 64 line illus. BIC Classification: PBWS; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691005454
- ISBN
- 9780691005454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.64
€ 48.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. Suitable for readers who want to learn about the Newtonian $N$-body problem, this book contains simple explanations of the apparent 'looping' orbit of Mars and the unexpected 'Sunrise, Sunset' behavior as viewed from Mercury. It also covers the weird dynamics exhibited by Saturn's F-ring. Series: CBMS Regional Conference Series in Mathematics. Num Pages: 235 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 177 x 252 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821832509
- ISBN
- 9780821832509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.36
€ 68.36
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC; PGM; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635361
- ISBN
- 9780691635361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.48
€ 114.48
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642540820
- ISBN
- 9783642540820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.92
€ 83.92
Paperback. The discovery of the notes for Richard Feynman's major lecture on the motion of planets around the sun, presented in this book, allows readers an insight into the workings of his mind. The book relates how the notes came to be lost, and how they came to be found again and reconstructed. Num Pages: 192 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: PD; PGC; PHVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099736219
- ISBN
- 9780099736219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Hardback. Introduces readers to advances in American space exploration. This book discusses ways to capture and redirect asteroids; presents research on the origin of the Moon; weighs in on discoveries like 2003 UB313, a dwarf planet detected in the far outer reaches of our solar system - and, more. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 halftones. 39 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PGC; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128221
- ISBN
- 9780691128221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.29
€ 21.99
€ 17.29
Hardcover. Formulation for Observed and Computed Values of Deep Space Network Data Types for Navigation documents the formation of the Regres of the Orbit Determination Program (ODP) of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Program Regres calculates the computed values of observed quantities (e.g. Series: JPL Deep-Space Communications and Navigation Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, references. BIC Classification: PGC; PGG; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471445357
- ISBN
- 9780471445357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 295.61
€ 295.61
Hardcover. The aim of this book is to become a major reference text for gravitational-wave physics, covering in detail both the experimental and the theoretical aspects. It is the only existing book on gravitational waves. It brings the reader to the forefront of present-day research, and assumes no previous knowledge of gravitational-wave physics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 131 figures. BIC Classification: PGC; PGK; PHQ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198570745
- ISBN
- 9780198570745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.66
€ 129.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: PGC; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 187 x 19. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547171
- ISBN
- 9781594547171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.71€ 126.68
€ 188.71
€ 126.68
Hardback. Provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars. This book describes how to create codes that simulate the internal dynamics of planets and stars. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 color illus. 19 halftones. 23 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PBWH; PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141725
- ISBN
- 9780691141725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.58€ 94.29
€ 126.58
€ 94.29
Paperback. Provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars. This book describes how to create codes that simulate the internal dynamics of planets and stars. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 color illus. 19 halftones. 23 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PBWH; PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141732
- ISBN
- 9780691141732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.12
€ 96.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642357510
- ISBN
- 9783642357510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 26.99
€ 44.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: PGC; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634827119
- ISBN
- 9781634827119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.11€ 135.71
€ 184.11
€ 135.71
Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841951362
- ISBN
- 9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.35
€ 18.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGC; PHDV; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141983219
- ISBN
- 9780141983219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Discover how mathematics and science have propelled history From Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment and then on to modern times, Shifting the Earth: The Mathematical Quest to Understand the Motion of the Universe takes readers on a journey motivated by the desire to understand the universe and the motion of the heavens. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118024270
- ISBN
- 9781118024270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.63
€ 75.63