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Hardback. Explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite - from Mercury to Neptune and even large moons such as Saturn's Titan. Series: Princeton Primers in Climate. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 halftones. 15 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: RBP; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145044
ISBN
9780691145044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.33
€ 69.04

Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873386
ISBN
9780801873386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Num Pages: 161 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; RBP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 236 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400763272
ISBN
9789400763272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; TTDS; YNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 182 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd India
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143335863
ISBN
9780143335863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 99 pages, tables & illus. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
99
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616688479
ISBN
9781616688479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.59
€ 51.41

Paperback. NASA's development of the F-1 engine made landing on the moon possible. This book chronicles the history of this amazing engine, from its design and manufacture to its eventual discarding at the conclusion of the Apollo program. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 336 pages, 90 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Praxis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387096292
ISBN
9780387096292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.50
€ 57.58

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Space Development. Num Pages: 101 pages, 31 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KJMV6; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319189284
ISBN
9783319189284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.90

Hardcover. Provides the basics of spacecraft orbital dynamics plus attitude dynamics and control, using vectrix notation Spacecraft Dynamics and Control: An Introduction presents the fundamentals of classical control in the context of spacecraft attitude control. Num Pages: 588 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118342367
ISBN
9781118342367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.20

Paperback. Reviewing the nexus of climate change and astronomy, this book examines all the theories on the matter and argues that astronomical factors are the major determinant of the Earth's climate, adding key new analysis to an urgent and central contemporary debate. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 298 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 96 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; RNPG; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461446071
ISBN
9781461446071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 38.73

Hardback. This monograph reviews the main results obtained by the scientific community in gyroscope technologies. It describes architectures, design techniques and fabrication technology of angular rate sensors and consideres future research trends. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; TDPB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
125
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642154935
ISBN
9783642154935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
331
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461437000
ISBN
9781461437000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.46
€ 46.71

Paperback. This book offers comprehensive covers in particular the physics of the upper polar atmosphere, where the polar lights demonstrate the end product of a process taking place at extremely high latitudes between the solar wind and the upper polar atmosphere. Series: Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Num Pages: 412 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RB; TQ; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642438905
ISBN
9783642438905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 187.07

hardcover. An engaging account of our quest for habitable environments, recounting fascinating recent discoveries and providing insight into future space missions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 120 b/w illus. 32 colour illus. BIC Classification: PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107026179
ISBN
9781107026179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.36

Hardcover. "Previously published in Space Science Reviews Volume 173, issues 1-4, 2012." Editor(s): Balogh, Andre; Bykov, Andrei; Lin, Robert P.; Raymond, John; Scholer, Manfred. Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI. Num Pages: 646 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHFP; PHP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461464549
ISBN
9781461464549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.11

Paperback. This book provides a systematic treatment of shock waves in high-temperature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in near Earth space and astrophysics. It offers a unique and excellently illustrated course on shock wave physics and applications. Series: ISSI Scientific Report Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHFP; PHVB; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 777.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489990648
ISBN
9781489990648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 241.06

Paperback. The first comprehensive book on the Soviet Energia/Buran programme in English. Tells the fascinating story of the effort designed to keep up with the United States in the Cold War in space. Provides information never before published in the West that has become available in the past fifteen years. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 552 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Praxis
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387698489
ISBN
9780387698489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.57
€ 80.73

Hardcover. This text is designed for teaching structural analysis of aerospace structures. It can be used for third and fourth year students in aerospace engineering as well as first and second year graduate students in aerospace and mechanical engineering. Series: Solid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 965 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TGB; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
966
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048125159
ISBN
9789048125159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.61

Paperback. This book shows how cosmogenic radionuclides can trace and reconstruct the history of a variety of processes. Demonstrates the strength of analytic tools based on cosmogenic radionuclides, and their potential use in solving present and future problems. Series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments. Num Pages: 444 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHM; PHVG; RNQ; TQ; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642431609
ISBN
9783642431609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 218.94

Paperback. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 519 pages, 87 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; TTD; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493913060
ISBN
9781493913060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.92

Paperback. This book details the stories of Challenger's missions from the points of view of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who flew her and the managers, technicians, and ground personnel who created one of the most capable Shuttles in NASA's service. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 308 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387463551
ISBN
9780387463551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.38

Paperback. The focus here is on the 1960s, exploring each mission from April 1961 to April 1971 in depth: from the pioneering Vostok flights to the establishment of the first Salyut space station and from Alan Shepard's modest sub-orbital 'hop' into space to his triumphant arrival at the Moon's Fra Mauro foothills almost a decade later. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 512 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 26. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387790930
ISBN
9780387790930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.89

Paperback. At Home in Space explores both the individual missions within the decade and key challenges facing human space exploration, from the problems of simply breathing and eating in space to the difficulties of locomotion on the Moon. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 494 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 49 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441988096
ISBN
9781441988096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.23

Paperback. This book covers US-Russian space efforts in the early to late 1990s, when relations between East and West began to improve and the foundations of harmony and co-operation were laid for the first time with Shuttle-Mir and the International Space Station. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 508 pages, 75 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; TRP; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461432777
ISBN
9781461432777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.22

Paperback. This book explores the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980s and early 1990s, with each attempting to outdo the other - the Americans keen to build a space station, the Soviets keen to build a space shuttle. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 631 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; TBX; TRP; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1073.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461434290
ISBN
9781461434290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.14
€ 52.97

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