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1921ref. 35419London: Methuen 1921. Fourth edition. Cloth bound in very good condition; Spine somewhat faded. Translation by Robert W. Lawson; Frontis portrait of the author and five diagrams; xiii 138 8 publisher's catalogue; Bookplate of Hugh Ripman. Methuen unknown
1954ref. 044237New York: Crown Publishers 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Vii 377 Pp. Grey Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt On Maroon Background. First Edition 1954 First Printing No Statement Of Printing Dj Price Clipped But Exactly Same As First And Came With This Book Publisher's Address As 419 Fourth Avenue On Front And Rear Flaps. Book Near Fine Spine Edges Bumped No Marks. Dj Good Rubbing At Corners With Small Losses 2 1/2" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Spine Edge 3 1/2" Tear Across Top Left Corner Of Rear Panel 1 1/4" Closed Tear Bottom Of Rear Panel No Loss Of Lettering Slight Fading Of Yellow Lettering On Spine Panel. Crown Publishers hardcover
2019ref. x-0691655928Princeton Univ Pr 2019. Hardcover. New. 512 pages. 10.00x8.00x1.25 inches. Princeton Univ Pr hardcover
1923ref. 317401923. S.Ber. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1923/ 8. - Berlin Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften 1923 8° 4 S. orig. Broschur. First edition. A fine fresh copy in the rare off-print form. Marked with an asterisk by Weil denoting a major paper. "Einstein's attempts to formulate a unified field theory stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the general relativity theory which did not adequately incorporate the electromagnetic field into the geometry of space-time. In 1918 Hermann Weyl had begun investigating the possibility of constructing a unified field theory preserving the dimensionality of space-time while formally altering its geometry making it a special case of the class known as affine geometries. Einstein's first investigation of Weyl's ideas published in the present paper introduced the notion of distant parallelism; however Einstein later rejected Weyl's theory." Weil No. 132; Schilpp--Shields No. 171; Alicke No.113; Norman Library 698; Boni 141 unknown
1928ref. 28361Berlin Gruyter & Co. 1928. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabruck aus Sitzungsberichten.pp. 1-7. Fine fresh copy. First edition of the rare Offprint still called "Abdruck" but now having separate pagination and separate printed title see Weil No. 161 where this is not mentioned.The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 including this. From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe.". - Before 161 up to 160 the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical. From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck" but with separate title and pagination. These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies. unknown
1906ref. 38833Leipzig J. A. Barth 1906. Contemp. hcloth. Light wear to edges. A small tear at upper part of fronthinge. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 21. Hrsg. von W.Wien und M. Planck". VIII1056 pp.and 9 plates. Einstein paper: pp. 583-86. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered. First edition. Einsten describes in this paper "Method for the determination of the ratio of the transversal to the longitudinal mass of the electron" an apparatus which would make it possible to determine with great accuracy the law according to which the mass of the electron changes with the velocity. - Weil No 14. hardcover
1910ref. 29307Leipzig Barth 1910. 8vo. Extracted from "Annalen der Physik IV Bd. 33" pp. 1096-1104 and pp. 1105-1115. Fine and clean. Supplied with a facsimile wrapper from the offprint to the first paper. Both works in first edition. - Weil No. 34 and 35. unknown
1918ref. 581Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1918. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF EINSTEIN'S DISCUSSION OF MACH'S PRINCIPLE a theory Einstein names and one which was historically important to the inspiration that would lead to general relativity. Mach's principle states that "local physical laws are determined by the large-scale structure of the universe" Wikipedia. To Einstein Mach's principle posited the belief that inertia originates in a kind of interaction between bodies. "So strongly did Einstein believe at that time in the relativity of inertia that in this paper he stated it as being on equal footing three principles on which a satisfactory theory of gravitation should rest: 1. The principle of relativity as expressed by general covariance. 2. The principle of equivalence. 3. Mach's principle the first time this term entered the literature" Pais The Science of Albert Einstein 287. Einstein brought Mach's principle into mainstream physics while working on general relativity. Indeed it was Einstein who first coined the phrase Mach's principle. Weil 96. Boni 100. Collected Papers 1918e. ALSO IN THIS VOLUME Max Born's Electron theory of natural optic rotation processes in isotropic and anisotropic liquids pp. 177-240. CONDITION & DETAILS: Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth. 8vo. 8 x 5 inches; 200mm x 125mm; Full volume with front original wrap of each issue 1-8 is bound in the rear. Handsomely rebound in three-quarter calf over marbled paper boards; four raised bands at the spine; gilt-lettered and tooled. Very tightly bound. Ex-libris with five numbers written in a light hand on the title page and a very occasional round stamp within. Very good condition. Johann Ambrosius Barth hardcover
1921ref. 023476New York: Henry Holt and Company. Translated by Robert W. Lawson M.Sc. There is an etching of Einstein dated 1920. Ink name on flyleaf. Tiny piece of cloth at top of spine. xiii 168 pp. Some darkening on blank leaf and back of frontis. With five diagrams and with appendix III "The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity". 1920 on copyright page 1921 on front page. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1921. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1419ref. 5735KBerlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in commission at Georg Reimer Reichsdruckerei 14th March 1927. Near Fine. Imperial 8vo 25 4: 18 2 cm. 8 pages numbered 23-30. Letterpress on machine paper in original publisher’s brochure on orange stock with black title printing. First offprint in the original wrappers of Einstein's paper on the important findings of German mathematician and physicist Theodor Kaluza about gravitation and electricity. - Content: Kaluza ""attempted to unify Einstein's theory of gravity with Maxwell's theory of light by mixing them in a fifth dimension"". Together with the Swedish theoretical physicist Oskar Klein Kaluza produced the „Kaluza-Klein field equations"" Calaprice Einstein Almanac 135. Their insights however were ""neglected for many years as attention was directed towards quantum mechanics. Their idea that fundamental forces can be explained by additional dimensions did not re-emerge until string theory was developed"" Wikipedia. - Condition: Mint. - Reference: Boni-Russ-L. 170; Schilpp-Shields 212; Weil 156. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Georg Reimer [Reichsdruckerei]) unknown
1923ref. 5729KBerlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in commission at Walter de Gruyter Reichsdruckerei 12th March 1923. Near Fine. Imperial 8vo 25 4: 18 2 cm. 8 pages numbered 34-38 1. Letterpress on machine paper in original publisher’s brochure on orange stock with black title printing. First offprint in the original wrappers. - Content: In this paper Einstein accepted that his introduction of the 'cosmological constant' in 1917 in order to allow for the possibility of a static universe may have been a mistake. - Condition: Very fine. - Rarity: ABPC 1973ff. and APO 1988ff. record 4 copies of this edition at auction 2012 2x 2011 1994. - Reference: Boni-Russ-L. 140; Schilpp-Shields 174; Weil 131. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Walter de Gruyter [Reichsdruckerei]) unknown
1929ref. 5739K-2Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in commission at Georg Reimer Reichsdruckerei 30th January 1929. Near Fine. Imperial 8vo 25 4: 18 2 cm. 8 pages. Letterpress on machine paper in original publisher’s brochure on orange stock with black title printing. First offprint in the original wrappers of this important paper by Einstein formulating groundbreaking developments towards a unified field theory. - Content: »On The Unified Field Theory« is one of Einstein's last scientific core works. According to Weil ""This paper represents a new development which was immediate news. A translation by L. L. Whyte appeared in the London Times of Feb. 4 1929. It was quoted in full in ""Observatory"" vol. 52 under the title ""New Field Theory"" pp.82-87 and 1930 pp.11-118."" In 1928 Einstein embarked on a new approach to a unified field theory involving what he called „distant parallelism“. By early 1929 he had solved the main problems involved in writing down field equations for his unified field theory. On the day of offical publication of the third of a formidably technical series of 9 articles on the theory excited headlines appeared in newspapers around the world. - cf. Parkinson Breakthroughs p.279. - Condition State: Mint uncut thus unread. - The list of academy offprints on the rear side of the cover states present offprint not in last place. All offprints listed later were printed in 1929 though. The typeset of all pages is identical to other authentified offprints of this papers. This indicates that our copy is indeed a first offprint but presumably with a later cover. - Reference: Alicke 141; Boni-Russ-L. 183; Norman Collection I 700; Printing and the Mind of Man 416 „Principal Work“; Schilpp-Shields 226; Weil 165. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Georg Reimer [Reichsdruckerei]) unknown
1913ref. 38832Berlin J.A. Barth 1913. Later full cloth. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 40. Hrsg. von W. Wien und M. Planck." VIII1056 pp. 1 plate. Einstein paper: pp. 551-60. Internally fine and clean. The whole volume offered. First edition. In this paper "Some arguments for the existance of a molecular agitation at the absolute zero point" Einstein derives Planck's radiation law without the usual discontinuity assumptions.The volume contains also papers by W. Pauli Stark Nordström and others. - Weil No 53. hardcover
1949ref. 041384New York: The Library Of Living Philosophers 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Xvi 781 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Stated First Edition. First Printing Of Einstein's Autobiography With Text In Both German And English; First Publication Of Major Essays On Einstein And An Important Discussion With Niels Bohr. Book Is Near Fine Gilt Brilliant Lightly Used Previous Owner's Name Under Front Flap. Dust Jacket Priced $8.50 Very Worn Interior And Exterior Clear Tape Reinforcement Along Front Spine Edge Entirely Separated Along Rear Spine Edge Small Chips And Tears With Chipping Removing Part Of Einstein's First Name And Most Of Volume Number On Spine No Other Losses Of Lettering. The Library Of Living Philosophers hardcover
1909ref. 662931909. Physik. Zschr. 10. - Leipzig Verlag von S. Hirzel 1909 4° XXII 2 1040 pp. mit Textabbildungen und 26 Tafeln Halbleinenband d.Zt.; St.a.Tit. feines Expl. A LANDMARK W. PAULI FIRST EDITION "of this extensive paper given as lecture before the 81st assembly of the "Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher" in Salzburg on 21st September 1909. He spoke on "The Development of Our View of the Nature and Constitution of Radiation" a topic that embraced both relativity and quanta. Among those who attended Einstein's lecture were some of the world's foremost physicists. In Einstein's austere opinion his address regarded strictly as a work of science was of little importance since as he writes to a co-worker it contained nothing new. Einstein was being overmodest. Besides to many in Einstein's audience and it should be born in mind that it was the year after Minkowski's stirring introduction of the concept of the fourth dimension this Lecture came as a revelation. The occasion was important for Einstein too. He had been working for years in a sort of scientific exile and his curiosity as to what great scientists were like in face-to-face discussion was at least as great as their curiosity about him. His confidence in himself was certainly not harmed when he found that he was able to hold his own easily in their company. Moreover at this congress Einstein first met Planck. In addition he made new'lasting friendships leading to a voluminous scientific correspondence. Amongst those attending the congress were Max von Laue Max Born. Arnold Sommerfeld Hasnohrl. Ladenburg. Max von Laue was to be the first to publish in 1911 the first text-book on relativity theory. All of them are present in this issue with scientific papers of their own." Walter Alicke Weil No. 30; Schilpp-Shields No. 30; Hoffmann Einstein p. 93; Alicke Nr. 34 unknown
ref. H3992Berlin Akademie der Wissenschaften 1919 In: Sitzungsberichte der Königl.Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften Band 1919/2. 4to. S.710-711. Anbei: Grommer J.: Beitrag zum Energiesatz in der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. S.860-862. Born M. u.a. Halbleinenband der Zeit leicht berieben Bibl.-Nr.am Rücken Original-Broschur miteingebunden unaufgeschnitten gutes Exemplar. unknown
1927ref. 433031927. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1927. 235-245pp. 255 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine. On the problem of motion in general relativity theory; a follow-up to his and Grommer's paper of the same title published earlier in 1927. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 160. unknown
1913ref. 003231Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1913. Contemporary three-quarter cloth marbled boards. Minor abrasions on front cover. . First Edition. Very Good. J. A. Barth hardcover
1945ref. 1292Princeton: Princeton University Press 1945. Second edition first printing. 1945 LANDMARK SUMMARY OF NOBELIST ALBERT EINSTEIN'S THEORIES THAT ESTABLISHED MODERN PHYSICS--COPY OF NOBELIST CARLETON GAJDUSEK WHO DISCOVERED KURU THE FIRST PRION DISEASE. 8 inches tall hardcover gray cloth binding gilt title to spine decorative bookplate of D. Carleton Gajdusek to front paste-down signature of D. Carleton Gajdusek to front free endpaper vi 135 pp near fine in very good unclipped jacket with faint splash mark to cover light wear to spine ends and corners in protective mylar sleeve. This first printing of the second edition contains an appendix added by the author discussing advances in the theory of relativity since the first edition in 1921. ALBERT EINSTEIN 1879 – 1955 was a German-born theoretical physicist widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory of relativity but he also made important contributions to the development of the theory of quantum mechanics. Relativity and quantum mechanics are together the two pillars of modern physics. In 1922 he was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". The Meaning of Relativity: Four Lectures Delivered at Princeton University May 1921 is a book published by Princeton University Press in 1922 that compiled the 1921 Stafford Little Lectures at Princeton University given by Albert Einstein. The lectures were translated into English by Edwin Plimpton Adams. The lectures and the subsequent book were Einstein's last attempt to provide a comprehensive overview of his theory of relativity and is his only book that provides an accessible overview of the physics and mathematics of general relativity. The book is made of four lectures. The first is titled "Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics". The second lecture is titled The Theory of Special Relativity and discusses the special theory of relativity. The third and fourth lectures cover the general theory of relativity in two parts. Einstein added an appendix to update the book for its second edition published in 1945 offered here. PROVENANCE: DANIEL CARLTON GAJDUSEK 1923-2008 was an American medical doctor and researcher who was co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1976 for his work in Kuru the first prion disease. Gajdusek graduated from Harvard Medical school at age 23 served as head of virological and neurological research at the National Institute for Health in 1958; and inducted into the National Academy of sciences in 1974. Gajdusek's best-known work focused on kuru. This disease was rampant among the South Fore people of New Guinea in the 1950s and 1960s. Gajdusek connected the spread of the disease to the practice of funerary cannibalism by the South Fore. With elimination of cannibalism kuru disappeared among the South Fore within a generation. He proved his hypothesis by successfully transmitting the disease to primates and demonstrating that it had an unusually long incubation period of several years. This was the first demonstration of the infectious spread of a noninflammatory degenerative disease in humans. Subsequently additional human agents belonging to the same group were discovered. They include sporadic familial and variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Gajdusek recognized that diseases like Kuru and Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease were caused by a new infectious agent that had not yet been identified. Princeton University Press hardcover
ref. 08777Np; 1923. First Edition. Fine. offprint from Sitzungsberichten der Presussichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Sitzung der physikalishch-mahematischen klasse vom 31 mai XVII. p. 137-140 bound in original orange printied wraps; quarto 254 x 184mm. Einstein's first investigation of Weyl's ideas published in the present work introduced the notion of distant parallelism; however Einstein later rejected Weyl's theory. Housed in a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. A fine copy. unknown
1975ref. 161331Burbank CA: NBC 1975. Final Draft script for the twelfth episode of the thirteen episode 1975 comedy and variety show television series SIGNED on the front wrapper "Tom & Dick" by Tom and Dick Smothers with an inscription on the top left partially lost due to dampstaining "illegible Wishes from the Smothers Brothers." Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member David Carroll with manuscript marker and pencil annotations of his name or partial name "David C." on the top of the title page and two other pages with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 32 pages marking music cues. NBC's tamer and largely unsuccessful revival of CBS's 1967-1969 variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" which aired for thirteen episodes January 13 through May 19 1975. The episode on offer here was the penultimate episode which was taped on March 28 1975 and aired on May 12 1975 featuring guests Florence Henderson and David Gates. Of note the script is labeled as "Production #011 / Air Sequence #11" with a manuscript marker annotation of "12" over the air date of "May 5 1975." The May 5 episode of the series featured guests Kris Kristofferson Rita Coolidge and Arlo Guthrie and the episode found here featuring Henderson and Gates was aired as the twelfth episode on May 12 1975. Front wrapper integral with title page dated March 26 1975 noted as FINAL DRAFT. 90 leaves with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue pink yellow and green revision pages throughout undated. Pages Very Good with dampstaining throughout and silverfish damage to the extremities of the first three leaves. NBC unknown
1931ref. 28370Berlin Gruyter & Co. 1931. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrapper. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten.pp. 1-19. Fine fresh copy. First edition in the rare Offprint with separate printed title and separate pagination. Se Weil No. 182 where this is not mentioned. Weil No. 182 with an asterix denoting a major work.The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 including this. From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe.". - Before 161 up to 160 the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical. From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck" but with separate title and pagination. These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies. unknown
1913ref. 47060Leipzig S. Hirzel 1913. Royal8vo. Uncut unopened in the original wrappers. In "Physikalische Zeitschrift" Vol. 14 1913. Entire issue offered. Front wrapper detached and lower right corner is missing. Extremities with nicks otherwise very fine and clean. Rare unopened. Pp. 1249-1266. Discussion; Pp. 1262-66. Entire volume: XXXI 1 1312 pp. LVI plates. First printing the famous address that Einstein gave on the occasion on the 85th Congress "Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte zu Wien" in their meeting September 23 1913 together with the ensuing discussion. In it he compared the development of the various theories of gravitation with the development of successive concepts of electricity.Weil No. 54. unknown
1923ref. 28357Berlin Gruyter & Co. 1923. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus "Sitzungsberichteder Preus.pp. 137-40. Fine fresh copy. First edition in the rare Offprint still called "Abdruck". Weil No. 132 with an asterix denoting a major work. - Here Einstein gives his first investigation of the "Affine geometries" and introduces the notion of "Distant parallelism".The early Offprints from "Sitzungsberichten." are called "Sonderabdruck" up to Weil No.165 including this. From Weil 166 they are called "Sonderausgabe.". - Before 161 up to 160 the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical. From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - So Weil Nos 161-165 is still "Abdruck" but with separate title and pagination. These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies. unknown
1930ref. 81582Paris: Calmann Lévy 1930. Fine. Calmann Lévy Paris 1930 22 x 27.50 cm broché First edition of this issue of this important journal dealing notably with archaeology fine arts and ethnography and whose principal editors were Georges Bataille and Carl Einstein. A small tear at the foot of the spine a slight tear without loss at the foot of pages 21-22. Contributions by Heinrich Ehl: ""L'heure de naissance de l'art européen occidental"" Georges Bataille ""La mutilation sacrificielle et l'oreille coupée de Vincent Van Gogh"" Michel Leiris: ""Le ""caput mortuum"" ou la femme de l'alchimiste"" Jean Bourdeillette: ""Franz Xaver Messerschmidt"" Zdenko Reich: ""Le massacre des porcs"" Carl Einstein: ""L'enfance néoloithique Hans Arp"" Jacques Prévert Maurice Leenhardt. Issue illustrated with photographs by Jacques-André Boiffard. Calmann Lévy unknown
