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  • High Resolution Optical Satellite Imagery

    Cover scan of High Resolution Optical Satellite Imagery

    £80.00

    Hardback

    This is a comprehensive guide to the characteristics and use of high resolution optical images from satellite-borne sensors, concentrating on sensors designed for mapping. It considers the SPOT series of satellited and sensors with a ground sample distance (GSD) of less than 15m, operational since SPOT 1.

  • Introducing Tectonics, Rock Structures And Mountain Belts

    Cover scan of Introducing Tectonics, Rock Structures And Mountain Belts

    £14.99
    R. G. Park
    Paperback

    An explanation of key concepts of tectonics and rock structures. The reader is introduced to large-scale Earth structure and theory of plate tectonics before dealing with geological structures such as faults and folds, and the final three chapters deal with orogenic belts.

  • John Napier: Logarithm John

    BDS Zoom Image

    £6.99
    Lynne Gladstone-Millar
    Paperback

    As the inventor of logarithms, John Napier made one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and his development of an ingenious calculating tool is described here.