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Bauer, Hans
Mathematische Einführung in die Gravitationstheorie Einsteins nebst einer exakten Darstellung ihrer wichtigsten Ereignisse.
Leipzig/ Wien, Deuticke 1922. Gr.-8°. VIII, 97 Seiten mit 17 abbildungen im Text. Orig.-Brosch. Buchdeckel lose, Einband angestaubt, randrissig und mit kl. Fehlstellen. Text papierbedingt gebräunt. Private Widmung auf Titelblatt. Erratazettel beigebunden. Erste Ausgabe.
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Bauer, Hans
Mathematische Einführung in die Gravitationstheorie Einsteins nebst einer exakten Darstellung ihrer wichtigsten Ereignisse.
Leipzig/ Wien, Deuticke 1922. Gr.-8°. VIII, 97 Seiten mit 17 Abbildungen im Text. Orig.-Brosch. Erratazettel beigebunden. Umschlag geklebt, innen mit Bibl.-Stempelung "ausgeschieden" Erste Ausgabe.
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Baumann, Roland (Hrsg.) und Carl Einstein
Carl Einstein in Brüssel : Dialoge über Grenzen. Carl Einstein à Bruxelles. Carl-Einstein-Kolloquium 1998. Roland Baumann / Hubert Roland (Hrsg.) / Bayreuther Beiträge zur Literaturwissenschaft ; Band 22.
Frankfurt am Main ; Berlin ; Bern ; Bruxelles ; New York ; Oxford ; Wien : Lang, 2001. 314 S. : Illustr. ; 21 cm; kart.
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Baumgardt, Carola (Author)/ Callan, Jamie (Author)/ Einstein, Albert (Introduction)
Johannes Kepler Life and Letters
Philosophical Library 1953. Hardcover. New. 220 pages. 6.00x0.63x9.00 inches. Philosophical Library hardcover
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Baumgardt, Carola; Einstein, Albert (Intro)
Johannes Kepler: Life and Letters
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine in very good dust jacket with sun-darkenng to spine and spine ends showing minor wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 209 pp . Victor Gollancz Ltd hardcover
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BAUMGARTNER, Michael / MICHEL, Andreas / SORG, Reto (Hg.)
Historiografie der Moderne. Carl Einstein, Paul Klee, Robert Walser und die wechselseitige Erhellung der Künste.
Paderborn: Willhelm Fink 2016. 341 S., 48 s/w Abb. 8° Br. *verlagsneu*.
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Beck, Anna/ Einstein, Albert/ Havas, Peter
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein Volume 5 – The Swiss Years – Correspondence 1902–1914. English translation supplement
Princeton Univ Pr 1995. Paperback. New. 384 pages. 10.00x7.75x1.00 inches. Princeton Univ Pr paperback
Bookseller reference : x-0691000999 ISBN : 0691000999 9780691000992
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Becker Hellmut (Hrsg)
Einmischung in Politik - Psychologisches zu Krieg und Frieden (= psychosozial 15, September '82, 5.Jahrgang)
Reinbek (Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag) 1982 (= rororo sachbuch 7215, Erste Ausgabe). 8°, Originalbroschur ( Paperback) 166 S., ISBN 3 499 17215 1 1
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Beer (Dr. Fritz)
Die Einsteinsche Relativitatstheorie und ihr historisches Fundament , Sechs Vorträge für Laien
Von Moritz Perles Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1920 Book condition, Etat : Moyen broché In-8 1 vol. - 80 pages
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Beer Fritz
Der Einsteinsche Relativitästheorie und ihr historisches Fundament. Sechs Vorträge für Laien. Zweite durchgesehene Auflage
In-8°, pp. 80, brossura editoriale (la copertina posteriore è rifatta). Un timbro di privato possesso del tempo. Bell'esemplare. Seconda edizione riveduta (2°-4° migliaio) di pregevole studio sui fondamenti storici della teoria della relatività.
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Bergmann Peter Gabriel; Albert Einstein
INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY. With a Foreword by Albert Einstein.
New York: Prentice-Hall Inc 1947. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Reprint edition. Octavo 8vo. xvi 287 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket. Small previous owners' label and stamp affixed to the inside front cover "Property of William J. Sturm 1740 No. 54th St. Milwaukee 8 Wis." Sturm a scientist at the University of Chicago was a part of CP-1 Chicago Pile One and present at the December 2 1942 experiment. Sturm has made numerous small notations in pencil throughout the text. Pages are overall moderately browned. Prentice-Hall Inc Hardcover books
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BERGMANN, PETER GABRIEL & EINSTEIN, ALBERT (Fore)
Introduction to the Theory of Relativity
Dover Publications 1976. Octavo softcover VG; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs Dover Publications 1976 paperback
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Berlin, Sir Isaiah; Fritz Stern; Erik H. Erikson; Paul Doty; Roman Jakobson; Gerald Holton; Albert Einstein
Einstein and humanism: A selection of six papers from the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1980. paperback. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1980 paperback. Shelf wear/staining to covers and edges. Pages are unmarked. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies paperback
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Berlin, Sir Isaiah; Fritz Stern; Erik H. Erikson; Paul Doty; Roman Jakobson; Gerald Holton; Albert Einstein
Einstein and Humanism: A Selection of Six Papers from the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium
New York: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1980. Book. VG. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color illus. wrasp. Light shelf/handling wear diagonal creases to bottom corners. Square uncreased binding. vii174 pp. Very scarce. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies Paperback
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Berlin, Sir Isaiah; Fritz Stern; Erik H. Erikson; Paul Doty; Roman Jakobson; Gerald Holton; Albert Einstein
Einstein and Humanism: A Selection of Six Papers from the Jerusalem Einstein Centennial Symposium
New York: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1980. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color illus. wrasp. Mere hints of handling wear essentially as issued. Square uncreased binding. vii174 pp. Very scarce. Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028718 ISBN : 0898430232 9780898430233
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Bernice W. Einstein
Guide to Success in College
Grosset & Dunlap 1967. hardcover w/ dust jacket. very good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes hardcover w/ dust jacket jakcet worn book very good deckled fore edge tanned pages 8vo 255 pages Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
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Bernstein Jeremy
L'uomo senza frontiere. Vita e scoperte di Albert Einstein
br. Figura emblematica del nostro tempo, geniale esploratore dell'intelligenza umana e dello spaziotempo, Albert Einstein è ancora oggi considerato uno dei più importanti scienziati della storia. Le sue scoperte e intuizioni hanno riscritto totalmente il nostro modo di interrogare la realtà e dato abbrivio a una nuova, straordinaria prospettiva scientifica, da cui nessun modello fisico del presente e del futuro può prescindere. Ma come ha fatto un timido bambino nato a Ulm, piccola cittadina sulle sponde del Danubio, a diventare uno degli uomini più famosi di tutti i tempi? Jeremy Bernstein ripercorre in maniera sapiente e appassionata la vita di Einstein, coniugando le imprese scientifiche con quella parte della sua personalità, più intima e familiare, che soltanto a pochi era permesso conoscere. Ricostruisce momenti fondamentali della sua maturazione come studioso e come uomo, dagli anni di infanzia trascorsi a suonare il violino all'ammissione presso l'Istituto federale svizzero di tecnologia di Zurigo, dal matrimonio con Mileva all'«anno dei portenti», durante il quale formulò i fondamenti della fisica moderna, dal premio Nobel ricevuto nel 1921 alla fuga dall'Europa per scampare alle persecuzioni naziste contro gli ebrei. Si sofferma spesso sul volto di un giovane ragazzo con lo sguardo trasognato, su cui nessuno - né gli amici né i professori - avrebbe mai scommesso, ma che già nei primi anni di vita costellava i suoi sogni a occhi aperti di visioni prodigiose: come quando, a cinque anni, il padre gli mise in mano una bussola e lui vi vide l'ago magnetico che indicava la sua strada. "L'uomo senza frontiere" è la biografia attraverso la quale riscoprire gli esperimenti e le teorie scaturite dalla mente che ha riscritto le regole del nostro mondo.
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BETTIN Antonio -
Einstein la vita il pensiero le opere.
Milano, 1978, 8vo br. pp. 271
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Beyvers, Gottfried / Elvira Rosenbaum
Kleines 1x1 der Relativitätstheorie.
Berlin/Heidelberg, Springer, 2009. Einsteins Physik mit Mathematik der Mittelstufe XVII, 358 S. (24 cm) illustrierter Pappband / gebundene Ausgabe
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Biezunski (Michel) sur Albert Einstein
Einstein à Paris
Presses Universitaires de Vincennes , Histoires de Science Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1992 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur blanche, illustrée de la une d'un journal français annonçant le passage d'Einstein au Collège de France In-8 1 vol. - 222 pages
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Blanco Laserna (David) sur Albert Einstein
Einstein et la relativité - L'espace est une question de temps , Traduit de l'espagnol par Nathalie Barrié
RBA Editions , Les Grandes Idées de la Science Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2013 Book condition, Etat : Bon relié, cartonnage éditeur noir, illustrée d'un portrait d'Einstein en vignette et de 3 horloges de villes différentes grand In-8 1 vol. - 175 pages
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Blanco Laserna (David) sur Albert Einstein
Einstein et la relativité - L'espace est une question de temps , Traduit de l'espagnol par Nathalie Barrié, dans la collection Les Grandes Idées de la Science
RBA Editions , Les Grandes Idées de la Science Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 2014 Book condition, Etat : Moyen relié, cartonnage éditeur blanc, illustrée d'un portrait d'Einstein en vignette et de 3 horloges de villes différentes grand In-8 1 vol. - 175 pages
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BLANCO LASERNA David
L'espace est une question de temps. Einstein et la relativité.
Couverture rigide. Cartonné. 175 pages.
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Blaettler Roland. Einstein Susan - Ogami Gene - Zeillon Elisabeth - Zoldner Paul
La libération de l'argile - Aux sources de la céramique contemporaine américaine
2000 Geneve Musee D'art et D'histoire Ariana
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Blaettler Roland. Einstein Susan - Ogami Gene - Zeillon Elisabeth - Zoldner Paul.
La libération de l'argile. Aux sources de la céramique contemporaine américaine.
Ville de Genève, Musée Ariana. Musée d'Art et d'histoire de Genève. 2000. In octavo grand oblong et broché de 100 pages. Couvertire glacée contre pliée Illustrations à pleine page, bibliographie, index..On joint deux diapositives. . Excellente condition.
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BLANCO LASERNA David
LO SPAZIO E’ UNA QUESTIONE DI TEMPO. Einstein, La Teoria della Relatività.
In-8 (cm. 23.80), cartonato editoriale, pp. 175, (1), con illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. Traduzione di Maura Tamborini. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
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Bloch, W
Raum, Zeit u. Einstein. Maßstab u. Uhr in d. Welt d. Physik.
Berlin, Condor-Vlg. (1948). M. 1 Portr. u. 27 Abb. 56 S. Ill. OU.
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Bloch, Werner
Raum, Zeit und Einstein. Masstab und Uhr in der Welt der Physik.
Berlin, Condor Verlag, 1948.
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Blue Book (Dore Schary; William Neuman; Michael Kahn; Tom Roan; Charles Einstein; George Fielding Eliot; Don Hamilton)
BLUEBOOK Blue book Magazine: May 1955
NY: McCall Co. 1955. Vol. 101 No. 1. Besheet-sized pulp. Edited by Andre Fontaine. Cover art by Joern Gerdts. Includes "The Human Angle" by Dore Schary; "The Night of the Fight" by William Neuman; "The Cowboy and the Mark" by Michael Kahn; "Quicksand" by Tom Roan; "The Sleeper" by Charles Einstein; "Sealer Orders" novel by George Fielding Eliot; "Too Soon Dead" 9novel by Don Hamilton. Other articles and features. Illustrated. Tanning; stress; minor tears. Single Issue Magazine. Very Good. McCall Co.
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BOB EINSTEIN & DON LAKE. REWRITE BY BOB EINSTEIN, LORNE CAMERON & DAVID HOSELTON
EXTREME ADVENTURES OF SUPER DAVE Movie Script Screenplay
Script Format reprint. Like New. / 1998 REVISED DRAFT / I HAVE MORE TITLES LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TITLES /THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADSSHIPS WITHIN 24HRS!! unknown
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Bobet, Antonio/ Einstein, Herbert H.
Tunnel Design Methods
CRC Press 2023. Hardcover. New. 552 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.10 inches. CRC Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : x-1032358440 ISBN : 1032358440 9781032358444
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Boehm, Gero von
E = mc² - Wer war Albert Einstein?.
München : Collection Rolf Heyne, 2005. 175 S.; 23 cm Leinen im Schuber / gebundene Ausgabe
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Boehm, Gero von
Wer war Albert Einstein? : E=mc2. - "Signiertes Exemplar" Widmung von Gero von Boehm an Hans Janke (ZDF)
München : Coll. Rolf Heyne 2005. 175 S. : Ill. ; 23 cm Gewebe, gebundene Ausgabe, Leinen im Schuber, Exemplar in sehr gutem Erhaltungszustand
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Bognetti, Alessandra - Tomasetti, Monica (a Cura di)
Volt. Dieci Anni Di Incontri al Liceo Einstein Nelle Fotografie Di Nicola De Luigi
Mm 240x160 Testi di Vittorio d'Augusta, Gianni d'Elia, Alfredo de Paz. Brossura editoriale di 77 pagine, numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel teso, sovraccoperta originale. Esemplare in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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Bollert, Karl
Einstein's Relativitätstheorie. Und ihre Stellung im System der Gesamterfahrung.
Dresden/Leipzig, Th. Steinkopff, 1921. Gr. 8°, 3 Bll., 70 S. OU (papierbed. gebr., anfangs mehrere Bleist.Anstr., N.a.T., OU l. läd.).
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Bondi (Hermann) on Albert Einstein
Relativity and Common Sense - A New Approach to Einstein
Dover Publications , Dover Books on Relativity and Related Areas Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1980 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's orange wrappers, illustrated by geometrical blue figure In-8 1 vol. - 188 pages
Bookseller reference : 100840
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Bondi, Hermann
La relatività e il Senso Comune
Mm 115x185 Collana "Biblioteca di Monografie Scientifiche" - Brossura originale, 152 pagine con 32 figure in nero nel testo. Opera in ottime condizioni; spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine..
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Bonola, Roberto
Die nichteuklidische Geometrie - Historisch-kritische Darstellung ihrer Entwicklung, autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe besorgt von Heinrich Liebmann,
Leipzig [u.a.], B.G. Teubner (= Wissenschaft und Hypothese IV = 4), 1919. 8°, V, 207 S. mit 52 Figuren im Text, gelber original Pappband (Hardcover), 2. Auflage Rücken und Vorderdeckel im Randbereich fleckig, sonst ein gutes, sauberes Exemplar und die Mängel natürlich im Preis berücksichtigt
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Boorstin Daniel J.
L'avventura della ricerca. Da Socrate a Einstein. Storia degli uomini che hanno inventato il mondo
Mm 140x225 Brossura editoriale con bandelle di pp. 429, in ottimo stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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Born Max Albert Einstein
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
London: Methuen & Company 1924. First edition of this classic account of Born's analysis and interpretation of Einstein's theory of relativity. Octavo original cloth frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Max Born on the verso of the frontispiece. Translated by Henry L. Brose. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are uncommon signed examples rare. Einstein's Theory of Relativity is a book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954 and was one of the world's great physicists: in this work he analyzes and interprets the theory of Einsteinian relativity. The result is undoubtedly the most lucid and insightful of all the books that have been written to explain the revolutionary theory that marked the end of the classical and the beginning of the modern era of physics. Born follows a quasi-historical method of presentation. The book begins with a review of the classical physics covering such topics as origins of space and time measurements geometric axioms Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy concepts of equilibrium and force laws of motion inertia mass momentum and energy Newtonian world system absolute space and absolute time gravitation celestial mechanics centrifugal forces and absolute space laws of optics the corpuscular and undulatory theories speed of light wave theory Doppler effect convection of light by matter electrodynamics including magnetic induction electromagnetic theory of light electromagnetic ether electromagnetic laws of moving bodies electromagnetic mass and the contraction hypothesis. Born then takes up his exposition of Einstein's special and general theories of relativity discussing the concept of simultaneity kinematics Einstein's mechanics and dynamics relativity of arbitrary motions the principle of equivalence the geometry of curved surfaces and the space-time continuum among other topics. Born then points out some predictions of the theory of relativity and its implications for cosmology and indicates what is being sought in the unified field theory. This work steers a middle course between vague popularizations and complex scientific presentations. This is a careful discussion of principles stated in thoroughly acceptable scientific form yet in a manner that makes it possible for the reader who has no scientific training to understand it. Only high school algebra has been used in explaining the nature of classical physics and relativity and simple experiments and diagrams are used to illustrate each step. The layman and the beginning student in physics will find this an immensely valuable and usable introduction to relativity. Methuen & Company hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 78904
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Born Max. Albert Einstein
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Dover. 0. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 376pp. index b/w illus. Very good owner's signature on fep. . Dover paperback
Bookseller reference : 61923 ISBN : 0486607690 9780486607696
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Born Max
La Sintesi Einsteiniana
Mm 130x180 Collana " Universale scientifica Boringhieri ". Volume di 440 pp., firma di precedente proprietario. Pari al nuovo (as new). Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
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Born Max
La sintesi einsteiniana
ill., br. Uno dei massimi interpreti della fisica del Novecento, il premio Nobel Max Born non considerava disdicevole dedicare parte notevole delle sue energie al tentativo di comunicare, principalmente ai giovani studenti, i risultati della ricerca. Espressione del suo impegno come divulgatore è il presente volume, il più riuscito, forse, tra i molti scritti per introdurre un pubblico più vasto alle idee di Albert Einstein. Anziché enfatizzare, banalmente, l'elemento «rivoluzionario», di rottura, che esse presentano rispetto alle nozioni usuali di contemporaneità, massa, energia e così via, Born con un ampliamento di prospettiva ne ricerca le premesse nel generale processo evolutivo della fisica. Dei sette capitoli di cui si compone il libro, cinque sono così dedicati a un riepilogo delle teorie e dei concetti della fisica classica, di cui la relatività non è il capovolgimento, ma la naturale estensione. La lucida analisi di Born spazia dalle prime misure di spazio e tempo e dagli assiomi della geometria euclidea ai concetti fondamentali della dinamica newtoniana e alla teoria elettromagnetica di Maxwell. La relatività speciale e generale è trattata negli ultimi due capitoli. Grande rilievo vi assumono i fenomeni ottici, da sempre cruciale banco di prova di ogni tentativo di sistemazione razionale del mondo fisico.
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BORN Max.
La sintesi einsteiniana. Meccanica elettromagnetismo relatività.
In-16° gr. pp. 440, bross. edit. Ottimo stato.
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Born, M
Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins u. ihre physikal. Grundlagen.
Berlin, Springer, 1920. M. 1 Portr. u. 129 Abb. X, 242 S. Mod. marm. Hlwdbd. Besitzverm. verso Portrait. Unbeschnitten. (Naturwiss. Monogr. u. Lehrb. 3).
Bookseller reference : 200284
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Born, M
Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins und ihre physikalischen Grundlagen. 3., verbesserte Aufl.
Berlin, Springer, 1922. M. 135 Abb. XI, 267 S. Bibl.-Hlwd. m. Rsign. Einbd. bestoßen, beschabt u. gebräunt. M. mehr. St. u. begriffen. (Naturwissenschaftliche Monographien und Lehrbücher 3).
Bookseller reference : 250413
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Born, M
Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins. 4. Aufl.
Berlin, Springer, 1964. M. 143 Abb. XI, 328 S. OKart. Umschl. leicht bestoßen. (Heidelberger Taschenbücher; Bd. 1)
Bookseller reference : 177572
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Born, Max
Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins.
Berlin, Springer, 2003. (Kommentiert und erweitert von Jürgen Ehlers und Markus Pössel) XIV, 501 S. (24 cm) Pappband / gebundene Ausgabe
Bookseller reference : 73375
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Born, Max
La sintesi einsteiniana. Meccanica, elettromagnetismo, relatività.
In-8°, pp. 440, bross. edit. Numerose vignette n.t.
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Born, Max [Albert Einstein]
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.
London: Methuen & Company 1924. First edition of this classic account of Born's analysis and interpretation of Einstein's theory of relativity. Octavo original cloth frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Max Born on the verso of the frontispiece. Translated by Henry L. Brose. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are uncommon signed examples rare. Einstein's Theory of Relativity is a book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954 and was one of the world's great physicists: in this work he analyzes and interprets the theory of Einsteinian relativity. The result is undoubtedly the most lucid and insightful of all the books that have been written to explain the revolutionary theory that marked the end of the classical and the beginning of the modern era of physics. Born follows a quasi-historical method of presentation. The book begins with a review of the classical physics covering such topics as origins of space and time measurements geometric axioms Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy concepts of equilibrium and force laws of motion inertia mass momentum and energy Newtonian world system absolute space and absolute time gravitation celestial mechanics centrifugal forces and absolute space laws of optics the corpuscular and undulatory theories speed of light wave theory Doppler effect convection of light by matter electrodynamics including magnetic induction electromagnetic theory of light electromagnetic ether electromagnetic laws of moving bodies electromagnetic mass and the contraction hypothesis. Born then takes up his exposition of Einstein's special and general theories of relativity discussing the concept of simultaneity kinematics Einstein's mechanics and dynamics relativity of arbitrary motions the principle of equivalence the geometry of curved surfaces and the space-time continuum among other topics. Born then points out some predictions of the theory of relativity and its implications for cosmology and indicates what is being sought in the unified field theory. This work steers a middle course between vague popularizations and complex scientific presentations. This is a careful discussion of principles stated in thoroughly acceptable scientific form yet in a manner that makes it possible for the reader who has no scientific training to understand it. Only high school algebra has been used in explaining the nature of classical physics and relativity and simple experiments and diagrams are used to illustrate each step. The layman and the beginning student in physics will find this an immensely valuable and usable introduction to relativity. Methuen & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 78904
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