Astronomy, space & time
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Astronomy, space & time
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
Hardback. Since the earliest times one of the brightest lights in the heavens has been that of Jupiter, mythical king of the gods and the largest planet in the solar system. This book presents the history of humankind's quest to understand the giant planet in the era before photography. Num Pages: 236 pages, colour halftones, glossary. BIC Classification: PDX; PGG; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780750304481
- ISBN
- 9780750304481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.74
€ 184.74
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
Hardcover. Drawing on Kepler's correspondence and manuscripts, this book reveals that the style of Kepler's magnum opus, "Astronomia nova" (1609), has been traditionally misinterpreted. Kepler laid forth the first two of his three laws of planetary motion in this work. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 halftone, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691007380
- ISBN
- 9780691007380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.07€ 86.26
€ 115.07
€ 86.26
Paperback. Explores our scientific understanding of the universe, the 'string theory' that might hold the key to unifying nature's laws, and our continuing quest to know more. This book shows, ours may be just one universe among many, like endless reflections in a mirror. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PGK; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141029818
- ISBN
- 9780141029818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.17
€ 12.99
€ 10.17
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 266 pages, 47 tables 26 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF; HBLA; PDX; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605500
- ISBN
- 9780691605500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.63€ 40.44
€ 51.63
€ 40.44
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, 21 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605968
- ISBN
- 9780691605968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.24€ 43.04
€ 55.24
€ 43.04
Hardback. An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Third Edition is an accessible account of modern cosmological ideas. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118502099
- ISBN
- 9781118502099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.47
€ 109.47
The author of this book draws attention to ongoing and future observations that might reveal relics of an era before the big bang. In doing so, he provides an accessible introduction to the extraordinary new ideas of string cosmology. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642093845
- ISBN
- 9783642093845
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.38
€ 32.99
€ 30.38
hardcover. A neuroscientist investigates how the architecture of the human brain shapes our understanding of the nature of time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PGZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393247947
- ISBN
- 9780393247947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.77
€ 45.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Iff Books
- Number of pages
- 439
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780999678
- ISBN
- 9781780999678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.87
€ 24.99
€ 21.87
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. Num Pages: 301 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674192713
- ISBN
- 9780674192713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.47
€ 40.99
€ 33.47
hardcover. One Time Fits All tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time-including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 tables, 36 illustrations, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; PDX; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756426
- ISBN
- 9780804756426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.90
€ 83.90
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pappalardo, R.; McKinnon, William B.; Khurana, Krishnan. Series: Space Science Series. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 292 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816528448
- ISBN
- 9780816528448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.56
€ 192.56
hardcover. The experience of time in families can both permeate all activities but nevertheless be hidden. The papers in this volume, representing a range of disciplines (history, sociology, psychology, family therapy, and leisure studies) foreground the way that time shapes everyday family worlds. Editor(s): Daly, Kerry. Series: Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBK; JMRP; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307753
- ISBN
- 9780762307753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.71
€ 142.71
paperback. Physical Relativity is a critical examination of one of the foundations of modern science, Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity. Harvey Brown defends an original interpretation of the theory, and hence of the nature of space and time, which combines Einstein's insights with those of his immediate precursors. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PGZ; PHR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199232925
- ISBN
- 9780199232925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.99
€ 60.99
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
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192469
- ISBN
- 9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.04
€ 21.99
€ 20.04
Documents the challenges and the social, political, and economic factors involved in the planning and technological achievement of the Mariner 10 mission, and features more than one hundred high-resolution photographs of the surface of Mercury. Num Pages: 162 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PGS; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231039963
- ISBN
- 9780231039963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.64
€ 114.64