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Abraham Ibn Ezra The Book of Reasons
BRILL 2007; US$ 167.00Offers a critical Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's "Sefer ha-Te'amim", the "Book of Reasons", accompanied by an annotated translation and commentary. This work presents two treatises that were designed by Ibn Ezra to offer reasons, explanations, or meanings of the raw astrological concepts formulated in the... more...
A Window on the Future of Geodesy
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 249.99This book collects the proceedings of the symposia held during the 36th IAG General Assembly. This international event, held every fourth year, serves as a forum to announce and record new achievements and the primary research directions of the worldwide geodetic community. The actual date of this assembly, on the verge of the 3rd millennium, adds... more...
Geodesy for Planet Earth
Springer 2012; US$ 399.99These proceedings include the written version of 130 papers presented at the International Association of Geodesy IAG2009 'Geodesy for Planet Earth' Scientific Assembly. It was held 31 August to 4 September 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The theme 'Geodesy for Planet Earth' was selected to follow the International Year of Planet Earth... more...
Cleomedes' Lectures On Astronomy
University of California Press 2004; US$ 15.95At some time around 200 A.D., the Stoic philosopher and teacher Cleomedes delivered a set of lectures on elementary astronomy as part of a complete introduction to Stoicism for his students. The result was The Heavens (Caelestia), the only work by a professional Stoic teacher to survive intact from the first two centuries A. more...
Minding the Heavens
CRC Press 2002; US$ 41.95This text is about how we discovered that we live in a galaxy, in fact a universe full of galaxies. It tells the story of the discovery of our own and other galaxies through the lives of seven astronomers, who contributed greatly to our present understanding of where we live in the cosmos. more...
Solving Algebraic Computational Problems in Geodesy and Geoinformatics
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2005; US$ 129.99The book presents modern and efficient methods for solving Geodetic and Geoinformatics algebraic problems using computer algebra techniques of Ring, polynomials, Groebner basis, resultants, Gauss-Jacobi combinatorial and Procrustes algorithms. Although these problems are traditionally solved by approximate methods, this book presents alternative algebraic... more...
Geodäsie
De Gruyter 2002; US$ 560.00This book gives a systematic overview of the fundamental theories, frameworks and methods for measurement and evaluation applying to geodesy, though the contribution of geodetic spatial techniques for positioning and for establishing the gravitational field receives particular emphasis. These methods have led to a change in the setting up of geodetic... more...









