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Astronaut's Cookbook
Charles T. Bourland Gregory L. VogtOnze prijs: 27,60 euro
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Astronauts, cosmonauts, and a very limited number of people have experienced eating space food due to the unique processing and packaging required for space travel. This book allows anyone with a normal kitchen to prepare space food. Since some of the processing such as freeze dehydration, and packaging cannot be accomplished in the normal
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Trends in Dark Matter Research
J. Val BlainOnze prijs: 193,40 euro
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It is generally believed that most of the matter in the universe is dark, i.e. cannot be detected from the light which it emits (or fails to emit). Its presence is inferred indirectly from the motions of astronomical objects, specifically stellar, galactic, and galaxy cluster/supercluster observations. It is also required in order to enable
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Universe or Multiverse?
Bernard CarrOnze prijs: 36,60 euro
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Recent developments in cosmology and particle physics, such as the string landscape picture, have led to the remarkable realization that our universe - rather than being unique - could be just one of many universes. The multiverse proposal helps to explain the origin of the universe and some of its observational features. Since the physical
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Cosmic Collisions
Lars Lindberg Christensen Davide Martin, Raquel Yumi ShidaOnze prijs: 36,60 euro
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Like no other telescope ever invented, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given us magnificent high resolution views of the gigantic cosmic collisions between galaxies. Hubble's images are snapshots in time and catch the colliding galaxies in different stages of collision. Thanks to a new and amazing set of 60 Hubble images, for the first
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Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
Andrew S. Rivkin Onze prijs: 54,80 euro
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This volume in the "Greenwood Guides to the Universe" series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets - those small bodies that revolve the Sun - and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, "Asteroids, Comets,
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Impact of HST on European Astronomy
F. Duccio MacchettoOnze prijs: 208,60 euro
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Case for Pluto
How a Little Planet Made a Big DifferenceAlan Boyle Onze prijs: 22,00 euro
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In support of Pluto - the cutest and most unfairly treated planet. Pity poor Pluto: It's a planet that was discovered because of a mistake, a planet that turned out not to be a planet at all, thanks to a still-disputed decision made in 2006. And yet, Pluto is the planet best-loved by Americans, especially children, one that may have contained
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Kosmos
Geschiedenis van de sterrenkunde van Stonehenge tot Hubble en verderHarm Habing Onze prijs: 39,95 euro
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Wie wel eens in een heldere nacht naar boven heeft gestaard, begrijpt waarom de mensheid gefascineerd is door het heelal. Dit rijk geïllustreerde boek voedt die fascinatie. In een toegankelijke stijl schetst Harm Habing de geschiedenis van de sterrenkunde. Een overzichtswerk zoals dat niet eerder in de Nederlandse taal is verschenen. Het
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De wetenschap van de kosmos
Waelkens, C. Onze prijs: 26,50 euro
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Wat zou iedereen moeten weten van de sterrenkunde? Hoeveel sterren er zijn en welke namen ze in verschillende culturen hebben gekregen, is wellicht niet zo relevant. Belangrijker is het inzicht dat de scheikundige elementen in sterren zijn ontstaan, dat wij sterrenstof zijn, en dat de hele kosmos in evolutie is en een begin heeft gehad dat we
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Astronomie.nl
Schilling Onze prijs: 29,95 euro
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Vierhonderd jaar geleden is de telescoop in Nederland uitgevonden. Dat ontketende een revolutie in de sterrenkunde; een revolutie die nog steeds gaande is en waarin Nederlandse wetenschappers een belangrijke rol spelen. |
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