Search Results: Astronomy from Ainsworth Books

New York: John Wiley & Sons. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0471252867 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light sun-fading along top edge of the boards. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Some B&W photos. ; 162 X 43.3 X 244 millimeters; 540 pages; "Carl Sagan was one of the most celebrated scientists of this century- the visionary who inspired a generation to look to the heavens and beyond. His life was both an intellectual feast and an emotional rollercoaster. Based on interviews with Sagan's family and friends, including his widow, Ann Druyan; his first wife, acclaimed scientist Lynn Margulis; and his three sons, as well as exclusive access to many personal papers, this highly acclaimed life story offers remarkable insight into one of the most influential figures of our time - a complex, contradictory prophet of the Space Age." .

London: Simon & Schuster. Very Good. 2011. 1st Thus. Paperback. 1416526129 . Card covers show very light shelf wearshort closed tear bottom front cover.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Height: 5.78739 Inches, Length: 7.71652 Inches, Width: 1.5748 Inches; 720 pages; "The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. This book is a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life." .

Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0792308492 . A bright, solid book in NF condition, text unmarked. ; Astrophysics And Space Science Library Volume 164; 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 277 pages; "This book is the result of a Meeting held in L'Aquila (Italy) from the 19th to the 23rd of June 1989. The aim of the Meeting was to gather together the people actively working on the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, both from an experimental and from a theoretical point of view. In view of the intensive current activity in this field, including ongoing (COBE) and forthcoming (RELIC II, ISO, AELITA, etc. ) space missions, a meeting fully dedicated to this important topic was timely. The meeting also celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Microwave Background discovery made in 1964 by the Nobel Prize winners A. Penzias and R. Wilson. " .

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0521822270 . Only slight wear to light blue boards ; A bright, solid book, text unmarked; Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series #15; B&W Illustrations; 9.76 X 6.85 X 0.63 inches; 193 pages; This timely volume presents specially written articles by world experts at an international conference at the Space Telescope Science Institute. The goal of the meeting was to assemble physicists and astronomers working on all aspects of dark matter and theories of gravity. Topics covered include Nucleosynthesis, Hot Gas in Clusters, MACHOs, WIMPs, Rotation Curves, Gravitational Lensing Neutrinos, Large Scale Flows, Dwarf Spheroidals, Cosmological Parameters from Supernovae, the Cosmic Microwave Background, the Cosmological Constant, and Theories of Gravity. .

West Sussex, England: John Wiley. Near Fine. 1994. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0471943630 . A bright, solid book, card covers are clean and crisp. ; 8.90 X 5.98 X 0.71 inches; 262 pages; "Translated from Der Stern von dem Wir Leben, this title is a survey of the current knowledge about the sun. It explains how the sun is investigated, the key people and instruments involved with these discoveries, the results so far and what we still have to learn. Historical anecdotes are used as well as imaginary adventures of the ``man-in-the-street,'' " .

Victoria, BC: Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Very Good. 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Card covers have light soiling, light shelfwear with small tears. ; A tight solid book. ; B&W Photographs; 34 pages; A souvenir pamphlet issued in the early 50's giving a layman's description of the operation and purpose of the observatory. .

New York: HarperCollins. Very Good+. 1998. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 0887307833 . Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Illustrated with color photographs. ; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 544 pages; "Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious and sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued MIR space station over three years" .

Dordrecht NL: D. Reidel Publishing Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 9027720835 . Grey cloth boards show very light shelf wear, with light sun-fading to spine and board edges. ; A tight solid book. Text unmarked. ; Astrophysics And Space Science Library Volume 118; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 444 pages .

Berlin: Springer. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2004. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 3540441972 . Only slight wear to dark blue boards, ; A bright, solid book ; B&W Illustrations; 9.30 X 6.30 X 1.10 inches; 700 pages; This fourth edition of Börner's "The Early Universe" is practically a new book, not just updated version. In particular, it is now organized so as to make it more useful as a textbook. And problem sections are also added. In the centre are the connections between particle physics and cosmology: The standard model, some basic implications of quantum field theory and the questions of structure formation. Special emphasis is given to the observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background and the consequences drawn for cosmology and for the structure formation models. Nuclear and particle physicists and astrophysicists, researchers and teachers as well as graduate students will welcome this new edition of a classic text and reference. .

New York: Barnes & Noble. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1566192692 . A bright, solid book, DJ is crisp. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; "One of the foremost workers in the area of premodern science presents the standard nontechnical coverage of Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics and astronomy and their transmission into the Hellenistic world, including the especially interesting, surprising sophistication of Babylonian mathematics." .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0226045617 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 302 pages; "Galileo's Instruments of Credit proposes radical new interpretations of several key episodes of Galileo's career, including his early telescopic discoveries of 1610, the dispute over sunspots, and the conflict with the Holy Office over the relationship between Copernicanism and Scripture. Galileo's tactics during this time shifted as rapidly as his circumstances, argues Mario Biagioli, and the pace of these changes forced him to respond swiftly to the opportunities and risks posed by unforeseen inventions, further discoveries, and the interventions of his opponents. Focusing on the aspects of Galileo's scientific life that extend beyond the framework of court culture and patronage, Biagioli offers a… Read More

Norwich, UK: L.N. Fowler & Co Ltd. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0852431708 . DJ has light soiling and shelfwear. Small decorative stamp on FFEP ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Astro-Kinetics, Vol. 2; 8.58 X 5.67 X 1.34 inches; 252 pages; This is volume 2 only. .

Dordrecht, Netherlands: D. Reidel Publishing Co.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 9027702799 . Grey cloth boards show light shelf wear.; A tight solid book, text unmarked.; Astrophysics And Space Science Library Vol. 34; 9.6 X 6.5 X 0.5 inches; 117 pages; This is an English translation of the 1969 text in French, translated from the French by Janet Rountree Lesh .

Leiden NL: E. J. Brill. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 9004099689 . As new ; A bright, solid book in NF condition, text unmarked, unclipped. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Text in Arabic and English ; Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science, Vol 23; 9.5 X 6.4 X 1.4 inches; 461 pages; "An Islamic Response to Greek Astronomy is an edition, translation of and commentary on the astronomical work of the fourteenth-century Central Asian religious scholar sadr al-Shari'a al-Bukhari. sadr al-Shari'a develops the works of the thirteenth-century Maragha researchers, which set the tone for the astronomical research until the eventual demise of Ptolemaic astronomy.This work elucidates the development and achievement of the long tradition of reforming Ptolemaic astronomy. It corroborates other evidence that scientific creativity persisted well beyond the eleventh century, a period often viewed as an age of cultural decline and stagnation.… Read More

Nashville: Oliver-Nelson Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0840791062 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, light tanning of pages.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 284 pages .

London: Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Reprint. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear, light soiling. Previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact, illustrated by a few B&W plates. ; 154 pages .

New York: Wiley. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st. Hardcover. 0471048631 . DJ shows very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Text unmarked.; Wiley Popular Science; 9.44 X 7.26 X 1.19 inches; 364 pages; "An astronomer with a Jungian streak, Krupp (Echoes of the Ancient Sky), the director of the Griffith Observatory in L.A., synthesizes the study of the heavens with archeology in an intriguing attempt to understand the cultural power of shamans and kings in ancient civilizations. In the tradition of Frazer, Eliade and Campbell, the author seeks commonality in the use of sky myths by shamans from cultures as diverse as the Mayan, Egyptian, Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic, African and Inuit, as well as those of the indigenous peoples of the American plains, Northwest and Southwest. Carefully analyzing sacred petroglyphs, pictographs and statuary, he traces the evolution of culture from hunting bands to the establishment of complex… Read More

London: Cambridge University Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards show some shelf wear and and sun fading. Previous owner's name on front pastedown ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. B&W plates throughout.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .

London: Bloomsbury Sigma. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2019. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1472956133 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 5.73 X 27.43 X 8.65 millimeters; 288 pages; The Golden Record is a 90-minute playlist of music from across the globe, a sound essay of life on Earth, spoken greetings in multiple languages, and more than 100 photographs, all painstakingly chosen by Sagan and his team to create an aliens' guide to Earthlings. The final playlist contains music written and performed by well-known names such as Bach, Beethoven, Chuck Berry and Blind Willie Johnson, as well as music from China, India and more remote cultures, such as a community in Small Malaita in the Solomon Islands. .