‎Einstein‎

‎"FRIEDMANN, ALEXANDER (+) ALBERT EINSTEIN.‎

‎Über die Krümmung des Raumes + Über die Möglichkeit einer Welt mit konstanter negativer Krümmung des Raumes [Friedman] (+) Bemerkung zu der Arbeit von A. Friedmann ""Über die Krümmung des Raumes"" (+) Notiz zu der Arbeit von A. Friedmann ""Über die Krümm... - [THE CURVATURE OF SPACE]‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1922-24. 8vo. 4 contemporary half cloth binding: two in uniform half green cloth and two en uniform grey/blue half cloth. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 10, 11, 16 & 21. Entire volumes offered. All volumes with stamp to title page and front free end paper, otherwise a fine and clean set. [Friedmann:] Bd. 10: Pp. 377-386" Bd. 21: P.p. 326-332. [Einstein:] Bd. 11:P. 326" Bd. 16: P. 228.‎

‎First printing of these four landmark paper in which Friedman ""introduced into cosmology two concepts of revolutionary importance, the age og the world and the creation of the world"" (Kragh, Cosmology and Controversy). ""In his paper of 1922, Friedmann offered a complete analysis of the solutions of Einstein's cosmological field equations that went beyond the earlier solutions of Einstein and de Sitter as it also included nonstatic solutions. Friedmann did so clearly and explicitly: ""The purpose of this note,"" he wrote, ""is firstly to show that the cylindrical [Einstein]and spherical [de Sitter] worlds are special cases of more general assumptions, and secondly to demonstrate the possibility of a world in which the curvature of space is independent of the three spatial coordinates but does on time"".(Ibid.).In 'Über die Krümmung des Raumes' Friedman derived the non-stationary solutions to Einstein's field equations. Einstein quickly responded in a short comment ('Bemerkung'), in which he expressed his suspicion of such a model of the Universe and apparently pointed out an error in Friedman's calculations. However, Friedman now wrote a letter to Einstein, in which he enclosed his full calculations. Shortly after this, Einstein submitted a short notice (Notiz), in which he admitted that he himself had performed a calculation error and that Friedman's solutions, which shed new light on the matter, were valid. Friedman's expanding universe model was corroborated by Edwin Hubble's red-shift observations in 1929. In 'Über die Möglichkeit einer Welt mit konstanter negativer Krümmung des Raumes' Friedman derived the Friedman-equations and demonstrated that he had command of all three Friedman-models describing positive, zero and negative curvature respectively, nearly a decade before the independent discoveries of the same models by Lemaître, Robertson, and Walker. ""Friedmann made a valuable contribution to Einstein's general theory of relativity. As always, his interest was not limited simply to familiarizing himself with this new field of science but led to his own remarkable investigations. Friedmann's work on the theory of relativity dealt with one of its most difficult questions, the cosmological problem. In his paper ""Über die Krümmung des Raumes"" (1922), he outlined the fundamental ideas of his cosmology: the supposition concerning the homogeneity of the distribution of matter in space and the consequent homogence of ""world"" time for which, at any moment in time, the metrics of space will be identical at all points and in all directions. This theory is especially important because it leads to a sufficiently correct explanation of the fundamental phenomenon known as the ""red shift."" This solution of the Einstein field equations, obtained from the above propositions, is the model for any homogeneous and isotropic cosmological theory. It is interesting to note that Einstein thought that the cosmological solution to the equations of a field had to be static and had to lead to a closed model of the universe. Friedmann discarded both conditions and arrived at an independent solution. Einstein welcomed Friedmann's results because they showed the dispensability of the ad hoc cosmological term Einstein had been forced to introduce into the basic field equation of general relativity"". (DSB). Weil 122 & 130.‎

Bookseller reference : 49429

‎"PLANCK, MAX. - ""PLANCK'S FIRST GREAT SCIENTIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENT"" (EINSTEIN)‎

‎Ueber das Princip der Vermehrung der Entropie. Erste-Vierte Abhandlung (alles).‎

‎Leipzig, Barth, 1887-91. 8vo. No wrappers. 4 papers. In: ""Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann"", Neue Folge, Bd. XXX, No. 4, XXXI, No 6, XXXII, No. 11, XLIV, No. 11. - Pp. 545-704 a. 1 plate, pp. 145-336 a. 1 plate, pp. 337-528 a. 1 plate, pp. 385-576 a. 1 plate. With titlepge to vol. XXX, htitlepage to vol. XXXI, titlepage to vol. XXXII and titlepage to vol. XLIV. Titlepages with a stamp and on verso. Planck's papers: pp. 562-582, pp. 189-203, pp. 462-503 and pp. 385-428. Clean copies.‎

‎First appearance of all 4 papers constituting Planck's seminal papers on entropy carrying the general title ""On the principles of Increase of Entropy"" in which he applied the second law of thermodynamics to chemical problems.""His goal was, as he said in the first paper of the series, to carry further the ""grand generalization"" of Helmholtz, Josiah Willard Gibbs, and others: like the first principle of the mechanical heat theory, the second, the ""Carnot-Clausius"", principle applies not only to heat phenomena but to all kinds of physical and chemical phenomena"" and because the second principle applies not only to reversible processes but also to irreversible, or ""natural"", processes, it applies to all processes whatsoever...""(Jungnickel and McCormach ""Intellectual Mastery of Nature, vol. 2, pp. 52 ff.)What Einstein admired and called Planck's ""first great scientific discovery"" was the generality of its formulas which contain all that can be derived from pure thermodynamic principles. Einstein referred to the third paper in this series with the title ""Gesetze des Eintritts beliebiger thermodynamischer und chemischer Reactionen""Akademie Nos. 8,9,10 and 20.‎

Bookseller reference : 48810

‎(Albert EINSTEIN) - Daniel BERTHELOT‎

‎La physique et la métaphysique des théories d'Einstein‎

‎Paris: Payot 1922. Fine. Payot Paris 1922 12 x 19 cm broché First edition. A nice copy. Payot unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 30290

‎(Alfred Einstein) DOWER, Catherine (editor).‎

‎Alfred Einstein on Music: Selected Music Criticisms.‎

‎NY:: Greenwood Press. Near Fine. 1991. Hardcover. 0313273634 . First printing. Near fine in red cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 105786 ISBN : 0313273634 9780313273636

‎(Einstein) Serviss, Garrett P.‎

‎The Einstein Theory of Relativity‎

‎New York: Edwin Miles Fadman Inc 1923. first edition. Frontispiece illustrations and photos taken from the Einstein Relativity Film illustrations in text by R. D. Crandall. 96pp. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. first edition. Frontispiece illustrations and photos taken from the Einstein Relativity Film illustrations in text by R. D. Crandall. 96pp. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/> Edwin Miles Fadman, Inc unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 315159

‎(Einstein, Albert) Jacobi, Lotte‎

‎Albert Einstein Physicist Princeton N.J. 1938‎

‎Deering NH 1960. Black and white photographic print post card signed by the photographer in ink beneath the image. 1 vols. 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches. Fine. Black and white photographic print post card signed by the photographer in ink beneath the image. 1 vols. 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches. When Life magazine proposed to do a "photo story" on Albert Einstein in 1938 the physicist stipulated that “Miss Jacobi†be the photographer. Lotte Jacobi was like Einstein a German exilewhom he knew from their days in Berlin. "Jacobi chose to shoot the pictures at Einstein's residence in Princeton where he would be most comfortable. The resulting series of photographs are perhaps the most striking ever taken of Einstein. … However they were deemed too informal for Life and were never published in the magazine. The have been reproduced elsewhere on numerous occasions and remain Jacobi's most famous series." Steven Schuyler "Lotte Jacobi: A Personal and Historical Profile" AB Bookman's Weekly Feb. 1 1999.<br /> An excellent example of Jacobi’s portrait of the great thinker here signed by the photographer. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 329305

‎(EINSTEIN, ALBERT). DUKAS, HELEN and BANESH HOFFMANN.‎

‎Albert Einstein: the Human Side‎

‎FIRST EDITION. <b>Presentation copy inscribed by Einstein's longtime assistant Helen Dukas: "For Lisa Ben Samuel with kindest regards and Shalom Helen Dukas Princeton N.J. March 1980."</b><p>Helen Dukas became Einstein's secretary in 1928 and after his death in 1955 served as a trustee of his literary estate and archivist of his papers. This volume prints letters and documents selected by Dukas over the years to shed light on Einstein's character and personality.</p><br /><p>Original cloth and dust jacket. Some rubbing to jacket else very good.</p><br /> Princeton: University Press‎

Bookseller reference : 32820372

‎(Einstein, Albert) Bird, J. Malcolm, compiler and Editor‎

‎Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation‎

‎New York: Scientific American Publishing Co 1921. First Edition. 345pp. 8vo. Cloth. VEry Good. First Edition. 345pp. 8vo. with group of newspaper clippings. <br/><br/> Scientific American Publishing Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 322576

‎(Einstein, Albert) Harrow, Benjamin‎

‎From Newton to Einstein. Changing Conceptions of the Universe‎

‎New York: D. Van Nostrand 1920. First edition. 2 portraits 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at back. 74pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original printed boards. Some rubbing and light wear to boards browning of endpapers and two leaves from insert else a very good copy. First edition. 2 portraits 2 pp. publisher's advertisements at back. 74pp. 1 vols. 12mo. <br/><br/> D. Van Nostrand hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 28276

‎(Einstein, Albert) Bailey, H. C.‎

‎Introduction to Einstein. Including Supplementary Chapters on Mind and Memory‎

‎N. P. 1919. pp.13 3 1-56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers worn else some light wear and a very good copy with a bookplate laid down on title. pp.13 3 1-56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 28262

‎(Einstein, Albert.) Sternberger, Marcel‎

‎Portrait of Albert Einstein‎

‎<p>In this portrait Sternberger shows Einstein dressed informally. Einstein was keenly aware of his public image and often attempted to show a cheerful visage. The common backgrounds of the two men helped the photographer to put Einstein in a relaxed state and to capture him in a more vulnerable pose.</p><p>Marcel Sternberger and Albert Einstein had known each other in Europe long before the two met again in Princeton New Jersey for this session. Before the men left Europe Einstein had furnished the preface to a book written by Sternberger.</p><p>After a warm welcome and lemonade the men settled in for the sitting. They discussed various topics including World War II and the state of American education. Although some photographs from the session show Einstein with a telltale twinkle in his eye here the great scientist appears fatigued. The seriousness of their conversation seems to have worn him down.</p><p>Still the conversation had its moments of levity. At one moment Sternberger asked Einstein to remove his suspenders. Einstein replied "I am going to lose my trousers! I can't." Einstein instead put on one of his trademark sweatshirts.</p><p>Here modern science's greatest mind is forever immortalized as only Sternberger could. He has found a depth of personality exceeding photographs produced without regard to the sitter's inner psychological state.</p><br /><p>Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 20 copies embossed and numbered.</p><br /><p><b>$1250 unframed; framed: $1650 </b></p>‎

Bookseller reference : 32820558

‎(EINSTEIN, Albert). WOOLF, Harry edited by‎

‎Some Strangeness in the Proportion: A Centennial Symposium to Celebrate the Achievements of Albert Einstein‎

‎Reading Massachusetts: Addison- Wesley 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with bumped corners and wear along the gutters. Ex-library with expected stamps and marks. Lacking the dust jacket. Addison- Wesley hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 101125 ISBN : 0201099241 9780201099249

‎(EINSTEIN, Albert)‎

‎The Talmud Magazine: A Journal of Jewish Thought‎

‎Boston: Talmud Society 1921. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. 64pp. Original cord-tied wrappers printed in red and black. The first and last leaf toned from interaction with the wrappers else about fine. An August issue of the magazine apparently used in October to promote the short-lived magazine this copy with a printed slip affixed to the front wrap: “October 1921. Specimen Copy. Containing an article on the Einstein Theory of Anti-Semitism.†Photographic portrait of Einstein on page 14; along with an English translation of his essay: "Jewish Nationalism and Anti-Semitism: Their Relativity" which originally appeared in the London Jewish Chronicle. Talmud Society unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 553355

‎(FRANCIS, SAM). Selz, Peter, Susan Einstein & Jan Butterfield‎

‎SAM FRANCIS - AN EXTRAORDINARY SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY‎

‎FRANCIS SAM. Selz Peter Susan Einstein & Jan Butterfield. SAM FRANCIS - AN EXTRAORDINARY SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. Signed by the Artist. New York. 1975 1982.: Harry N. Abrams Incorporated Second Revised Edition First Thus. Large Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 296pp 82 color and 135 b&w illustrations. With a biography and bibliography. This is the revised edition of the first comprehensive monograph on the late American abstract artist Sam Francis. A brand new pristine example of the preferred 1982 version that includes a well illustrated thirty-two page supplemental essay on his graphic work not found in the first issue additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Connie love kisses Sam" to his close friend and author of the catalogue raisonné of his graphic work Connie Lembark in black ink on the half title page. 0-8109-0928-6 Inventory Number: 019222 Harry N. Abrams Incorporated hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019222 ISBN : 0810909286 9780810909281

‎(Leger, Fernand) Dreier, Katherine S.; Einstein, Karl‎

‎Fernard Leger sic. i.e. Fernand‎

‎New York: Société Anonyme Inc 1925. First edition. 6 black and white illustrations 11 pp. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wrappers somewhat soiled. First edition. 6 black and white illustrations 11 pp. 8vo. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Leger's work by the Société Anonyme from November 16th to the 28th 1925. Includes an introduction by Dreier a creative piece translated from the French of Karl Einstein and "Notations on Plastic Values" by Léger. Scarce OCLC only records a copy at Yale from the papers of Katherine S. Dreier. Collection of the Société Anonyme p. 218 Société Anonyme, Inc unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 333269

‎(Science) EINSTEIN, Albert‎

‎Original 5X7 Silver Gelatin Advertising Photograph of Albert Einstein FROM THE STUDIO OF LOTTE JACOBI‎

‎New Jersey: Jacobi Studio 1938. Very Good. 5 X 7 Inches. SCARCE original headshot of Albert Einstein by Lotte Jacobi circa 1938. This iconic photograph of Einstein features him wearing his leather coat inside his Princeton New Jersey home. Scarce cropped photograph of Einstein's face with Jacobi Studio text in lower border. "Albert Einstein: A Photographic Study By Lotte Jacobi - Jacobi Studio 46 West 52nd Street New York 19 NY."<br /> <br /> Lotte Jacobi took this photograph of the theoretical physicist Albert Einstein at his home in Princeton New Jersey at the time he was a professor at the university. Both Jewish the two had been family friends a decade earlier in Germany. Einstein had renounced his German citizenship for political reasons after leaving Nazi Germany in 1933 and Jacobi had been forced to emigrate to the United States from Nazi Germany after she too renounced her German citizenship in 1935. Jacobi and Einstein collaborated on the crafting of his media image in a series of late-1930s Princeton portraits commissioned by Life magazine. Einstein agreed to sit for the photo session only if Lotte Jacobi was assigned to photograph him. The image of Einstein in a leather jacket is unusual in that it catches him in a less-guarded less-constructed moment than the others and offers the viewer a glimpse of the world-famous theoretical physicist as an individual rather than as a stereotyped professor.<br /> <br /> Rubbing and light wear at corners. A SCARCE advertising piece from the Jacobi Studio. Jacobi Studio unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 8352

‎(Trender, Hans-Jürgen)‎

‎Einstein in Potsdam.‎

‎Leipzig, Offizin Andersen Nexö, 1986. 5,3 x 5,3 cm. 378 S., 3 Blatt mit zahlreichen teils farbigen Abb. auf Tafeln. Olivgrüner Original-Lederband mit Goldprägung in OSchuber.‎

‎Erste Ausgabe. - Bestens erhalten.‎

Bookseller reference : 117899AB

‎[Albert Einstein] Bodanis, David‎

‎E = mc2 A biography of the world's most famous equation‎

‎Macmillan 2000. Hardcover octavo; blue boards with silver gilt spine titling; 324pp. monochrome illustrations. Mild wear; a few small spots on upper text block edges. Otherwise a near fine copy in like dustwrapper. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Macmillan, 2000. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 85309

‎[Albert Einstein] Pais, Abraham‎

‎Einstein Lived Here‎

‎Clarendon Press Oxford 1994. Hardcover octavo; black boards with gilt spine titling; 282pp. monochrome illustrations and diagrams. Mild scattered spotting on upper text block edge. Near fine otherwise in like dustwrapper. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 95203

‎[Arion Press] Einstein, Albert; Richard A. Muller, foreword, annotations, and afterword‎

‎The Theory of Relativity: Two papers published in 1905 On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies and Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy-Content‎

‎San Francisco: Arion Press 2005. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 300 of 400 numbered copies for sale and 26 lettered copies for complimentary distribution. The Arion Press announced in its prospectus that this limited edition was done to celebrate the centenary of one of the great achievements in science Albert Einstein's discovery of the Theory of Relativity which was set forth in these two papers published in 1905. The German text was translated into English in 1923 by W. Perrett and G.B. Jeffrey and their translation is that which is presented in this book. The foreword gives a general overview of the problems Einstein addressed against the background of 19th century physics. The afterword follow the story from the year 1905 when Einstein was only twenty-six through the effects of his theory on 20th century science. <br /> <br /> Bound in dark blue cloth with tie-dyed Thai paper to create an unusual spatial effect spanning the cover diagonally. Letterpress printed using Modern type for the text with special characters as needed for mathematical symbols with Egyptian type for the interspersed annotations printed in blue on Schiller paper. Accompanied by the prospectus. In fine condition with the barest sign of handling on the binding. Measures 8 x 10.5 inches. 80 pages. PRI/111624. Arion Press hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 37624

‎[BIOGRAPHIE] - EINSTEIN (Alfred) -‎

‎Mozart Sein Charakter sein Werk.‎

‎Stockholm, Bermann Fischer Verlag, 1947 ; in-8, 636 pp., cartonnage de l'éditeur avec jaquette. Jaquette abîmée.‎

‎Jaquette abîmée.‎

Bookseller reference : 200510073

‎[EINSTEIN (Carl)] MEFFRE (Liliane).‎

‎Carl Einstein, 1885-1940.‎

‎Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 2002. In-8 br. Coll. " Monde germanique ". Importante biographie de C. Einstein, considéré comme " découvreur de l'art africain ", théoricien de l'art moderne, co-fondateur de la revue DOCUMENTS avec Georges Bataille, ami de nombreux artistes et galeristes, etc. Témoignages de Kahnweiler, L. et M. Leiris, Maria Jolas. Bibliographie, illustrations. E.O.‎

Bookseller reference : L16650

‎[EINSTEIN, Albert.]‎

‎A group of photographs documenting Einstein’s visit to the California Institute of Technology in the first quarter of 1931 and featuring his wife Elsa his ‘calculator’ Walther Mayer and other scientists including Robert Millikan and Albert Michelson‎

‎1931. First edition. 'the greatest blunder of my life'. <p>An important group of photographs documenting Einstein’s second visit to America and his first to the California Institute of Technology which began at the end of December 1930. The main purpose of the visit was to discuss Edwin Hubble’s observations made in 1929 with the 100-inch telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory then the largest telescope in the world which showed that light from distant nebulae galaxies was red-shifted indicating that the universe was expanding. Einstein had believed that the universe is static and had introduced his ‘cosmological constant’ into his equations of general relativity to allow for a static solution. When Einstein met Hubble at the Mount Wilson Observatory in January and February 1931 he was visibly moved with Hubble’s discovery and reportedly said with tears in his eyes that “It was the most beautiful and satisfying interpretation of astronomical science.†In light of the new evidence Einstein published a paper two months later renouncing the concept of a cosmological constant whose invention Einstein denounced as “the greatest blunder of my life.†Einstein was accompanied on his visit by Walther Mayer 1887-1948 who had been appointed as his mathematical assistant in 1929. Mayer and Einstein worked together on several approaches towards a unified field theory. “On the way over Einstein and his mathematical calculator Walther Mayer holed up working on revisions to his unified field theory in an upper-deck suite with a sailor guarding the door†Isaacson p. 368. Two of the photographs are of Einstein at Mount Wilson one with Mayer and the observatory’s director Walter Adams 1876-1956 who had confirmed Einstein’s prediction of the gravitational red-shift although his observations were later shown to be faulty; the other with Mayer and solar physicist Charles St. John 1857-1935 who had assisted Hubble with his red-shift observations. Another photograph shows Einstein between fellow Nobel Laureates Albert Michelson 1852-1931 and Robert Millikan 1868-1953 Caltech's “chairman of the executive council†effectively its president. Together with Edward Morley Michelson had in 1887 carried out the famous Michelson–Morley experiment which failed to detect evidence of the existence of the luminiferous ether; this provided crucial evidence for the early acceptance of special relativity. On this trip Einstein “paid tribute to the aging Michelson carefully praising his famous experiments that detected no ether drift without explicitly saying that they were a basis for his special theory of relativity†Isaacson p. 372. </p> <br /> <p>“In the early 1930s Einstein came to California specifically to consult with scientists at the California Institute of Technology. Few members of the general public understood the nature of his visits but they idolized him all the same. From the moment his boat docked in San Diego on December 31 1930 the reception accorded him by Californians was one part show business one part hero worship and one part genuine affection. Groups of children dressed in blue and white middies serenaded him and thrust wreaths of flowers into his hands two bands struck up tunes and in Los Angeles a theatrical group the Yale Puppeteers opened a play called Mr. Noah in which the ark landed on Mt. Wilson instead of on Mt. Ararat …</p> <br /> <p>“As early as 1913 Einstein was looking for experimental verification for the correctness of his theory of general relativity and he had been in correspondence with Caltech's George Ellery Hale asking him to make an astronomical measurement. He was anxious to know if Hale could detect the influence of the sun's gravitation field upon a light ray. Hale replied that in order to try he needed a solar eclipse. The experiment was finally carried out in 1919 by two British expedition teams and again in 1922 by an American team of astronomers – and it did confirm the theory of general relativity.</p> <br /> <p>“There were cosmological implications in this theory and they attracted a lot of attention in the 1920s and 1930s – nowhere more than at Caltech. Millikan had been urging Einstein to visit the campus for some time and in the fall of 1930 he agreed to spend the winter quarter in Pasadena. Not only would he be able to discuss his theory and its interpretation with distinguished scientists; he would also be meeting old friends again – Richard Tolman the cosmologist; Paul Epstein the theoretical physicist; and Theodore von Karman the aerodynamicist …</p> <br /> <p>“The new Athenaeum at Caltech was the setting for many dinners to honor Einstein. At the first on January 15 1931 the guests included the physicist and Nobel Laureate A. A. Michelson and 200 members of the California Institute Associates. Several weeks later a second dinner was held at which all the astronomers from the Institute and the Mt. Wilson Observatory were present. Edwin Hubble was there as was Charles E. St. John who verified the third prediction of the theory of general relativity the gravitational red-shift. Colleagues came from Berkeley including Tolman’s close friend and co-author G. N. Lewis who wrote to say he was coming with a friend – though not without some mildly humorous trepidation. As he put it in his letter to Tolman: ‘I have just accepted an invitation from Oppenheimer to drive me down. Do you think I should take out accident insurance’</p> <br /> <p>“Einstein was not without a sense of humor himself. At a farewell luncheon in his honor on February 24 1931 which was sponsored by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce he said: “I want to thank the extraordinary group of scholars in the fields of physics and astronomy who have afforded me glimpses of their work. They have conducted me not only into the world of atoms and crystals but also to the surface of the sun and into the outermost depths of space. There I saw worlds which are flying away from us with incomprehensible rapidity in spite of the fact that their inhabitants do not know us well enough to justify any such action’†Goodstein.</p> <br /> <p>“Millikan was a physicist who had won the Nobel Prize in 1923 for having ‘verified experimentally Einstein’s all-important photoelectric equation.’ He likewise verified Einstein’s interpretation of Brownian motion. So it was understandable that as he was building Caltech into one of the world’s pre-eminent scientific institutions he worked diligently to bring Einstein there.</p> <br /> <p>“Despite al they had in common Millikan and Einstein were different enough in their personal outlooks that they were destined to have an awkward relationship. Millikan was so conservative scientifically that he resisted Einstein’s interpretation of the photoelectric effect and his dismissal of the ether even after they were apparently verified by his own experiments. And he was even more conservative politically. A robust and athletic son of an Iowa preacher he had a penchant for patriotic militarism that was as pronounced as Einstein’s aversion to it†Isaacson p. 373. </p> <br /> <p>“To physics posterity Viennese mathematician Walther Mayer is mostly known as ‘Einstein’s calculator’. He had apparently been called that at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena which Einstein and Mayer visited together in the winter of 1930/31. It is true that in order to advance in his studies to construct a unified field theory Einstein relied on the expertise of mathematicians. With his unified field theory Einstein attempted to formally join his own theory of general relativity with Maxwell’s electromagnetism.</p> <br /> <p>“When Einstein was looking for a new mathematics assistant in 1929 Mayer was hired on the recommendation of eminent mathematician Richard von Mises. Like Einstein von Mises at that time held a professorship in Berlin. Walther Mayer then served as private lecturer at the University of Vienna finishing the second volume of a very well received textbook series on differential geometry which he co-authored with fellow Viennese mathematician Adalbert Duschek. Subsequently Mayer and Einstein worked together on several approaches towards a unified field theory consisting of 1 the analysis of solutions to Einstein’s so-called distant teleparallelism approach 2 the invention of a variant of the Kaluza-Klein theory in which not space-time but attached vector spaces are 5-dimensional and finally 3 the construction of a formalism they referred to as “semi-vectors†for interpreting Dirac-spinors in simpler classical field-theoretical terms and reformulating the Dirac equation accordingly. Their joint work was published in 7 papers over a period of roughly four years 1930-1934 …</p> <br /> <p>“While being humbly appreciative of the vital improvement that Einstein brought to his career Mayer was at the same time also quite unhappy about his role as Einstein’s ‘appendage’. Einstein however was aware of and respected this sentiment of Mayer’s: When he bargained his Princeton position with Abraham Flexner a founding director of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study he insisted on an independent professorship for Mayer as well. After some back and forth this was indeed granted at the last minute. However the question of Mayer’s legitimacy as an independent professor at Princeton surfaced again after their arrival. Feeling unwelcomed and not sufficiently supported by Einstein Mayer finally ended their collaboration after just one further joint paper in 1934. He felt that his career would be advanced best if from now on he would focus entirely on his own studies in pure mathematics. In the end Mayer was able to retain his tenure at Princeton for the rest of his life but he subsequently appeared to have wished to no longer be associated with work on unified field theory. On the outside Einstein and Mayer remained in friendly contact while Einstein found new collaborators. The ones immediately succeeding Walther Mayer at Princeton were Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen†Lessel.</p> <br /> <p>The photographs are accompanied by a number of letters from Mayer to his brother Arthur in Austria discussing Einstein’s work Hitler and the Nazis. Mayer was Jewish and it was only through Einstein’s intervention that he was given the title of professor at the University of Vienna. Mayer immediately took a leave of absence from this position to continue his collaboration with Einstein when he had returned to Berlin.</p> <br /> <p>At a press conference on his arrival in New York Einstein was asked “‘What do you think of Adolf Hitler’ Einstein replied ‘He is living on the empty stomach of Germany. As soon as economic conditions improve he will no longer be important’†Isaacson p. 369. “On the day he left New York Einstein revised slightly one of the statements he had made on his arrival. Asked again about Hitler he declared that if the Nazis were ever able to gain control he would consider leaving Germany†ibid. p. 371. In April 1933 Einstein discovered that the new German government had passed laws barring Jews from holding any official positions including teaching at universities. He left Germany in summer 1933 and took up a position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton despite Millikan’s efforts to lure him to Caltech. He remained at the Institute until his death in 1955.</p> <br /> <p>Goodstein ‘Albert Einstein in California’ Engineering and Science May-June 1979 pp. 17-19 – Isaacson Einstein. His Life and Universe 2007. Lessel ‘Walther Mayer – more than ‘Einstein’s calculator’’ – ;/span></p> <br/> <br/> . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 6005

‎[Einstein, Albert]; Schilpp, Paul Arthur [Editor]‎

‎Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist‎

‎Evanston IL: The Library of Living Philosophers Inc 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near Fine with toning to pages offsetting to endsheets former owner name to front free endpaper and small sticker ghost to front paste down. In a Very Good dust jacket with fraying and chip at bottom spine end and short closed tear at head light edge wear toning and soiling to rear panel. The Library of Living Philosophers, Inc unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 140941039

‎[Einstein, Albert] Calaprice, Alice‎

‎Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children‎

‎Prometheus. Used - Very Good. Prometheus unknown‎

Bookseller reference : FORT638277 ISBN : 1591020158 9781591020158