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1941ref. 46476Tucuman Argentina 1941. Royal8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Offprint from "Revista. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman" Series A Matematicas y Fisica Teorica Vol. 2 Diciembre de 1941 Nos 1 y 2. Pp. 11-15. Fine and clean. This copy has belonged to Abraham Pais 1918-2000 - the famous Einstein scholar theoretical physicist and Einsteins collegue at Princeton - and having his name on top of the frontwrapper "A Pais" First edition of a scarce paper in the offprint version. The paper "represents the basis of the one written by the same author in collaboration with Wolfgang Pauli in 1943 in which by following analogous lines the proof of the non-existence of regular particle-type solutions was generalized to the case of cilyndrical geometries in Kaluza-Klein theory Einstein & Pauli 1943. Besides other generalizations were subsequently presented. The non-existence of such solutions in classical unified field theory was undoubtedly an important criterion leading Einstein's investigations."Galvagno and Giribet."In his search for a unified field theory that could undercut quantum mechanics Einstein considered five-dimensional classical Kaluza-Klein theory. He studied this theory most intensively during the years 1938-1943. One of his primary objectives was finding a non-singular particle solution. In the full theory this search got frustrated and in the x5-independent theory Einstein together with Pauli argued it would be impossible to find these structures." Jeroen van Dongen.Weil: 208. - Boni: 243. unknown
ref. 346807Methuen & Co 1922. FIRST EDITION ownership of Kenneth J Maidment Vice Chancellor of Auckland Univesity dated Merton College 1930 octavo orange/brown buckram boards gilt lettering to spine blind stamp lettering to front board unpaginated prelims 123pp VG light fading & soiling to spine light bruising to extrems light soiling to boards light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges moderate foxing to prelims occasional minro markings throughout aforementioned prev. ownership signature to ffep occasional light cracking to gutters Methuen & Co 1922 hardcover
1920ref. B6223Toronto; London: the Ryerson Press.; Methuen & Co. Edition. 1920. A near fine example text and illustrations clean and crisp. . Edition: First Canadian Edition. after the first London. Binding: Contemporary full red cloth title on flat spine debossed stamped title on the upper board lacks the dust jacket. Notes: Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955 was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity one of the two pillars of modern physics alongside quantum mechanics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect" a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory. Size: Octavo 8vo. Illustration: Illustrated with five diagrams and numerous in text mathematical equations. A foundation work in physics and astronomy. Category: Book Canada; Book Science & Technology; the Ryerson Press.; Methuen & Co. Edition. hardcover
1941ref. 43508New York; German-Jewish Club Inc 1941. with no dust jacket. 1st edition. Original Illustrated Wrappers. 8vo. 192 pages. 23 cm. Illustrated. In German and English. Photographic and line illustrations in text includes many advertisements as well as a black and white frontispiece portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Includes foreword of endorsement by Albert Einstein. Handbook for recently arrived German-Jewish exiles from Nazi Germany with information and instruction on Jewish-German immigrant associations citizenship classes American life and customs particularly in New York City the text of The Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America and the meaning of such vernacular expressions as the 'Bronx cheer' and 'sawbucks.' Produced by the editors of the monthly magazine Aufbau which began publishing in 1934. A copy sold for $2000 with buyers commissions at auction in 2018. Subjects: Almanacs American -- New York State OCLC: 970939227 248298786 243425010 959348607. OCLC Locates 4 copies in North America HUC JHU NYHS LBI plus a copy at the US Holocaust Museum which they keep in their Rare Book Room. "L. T. Edelberg" penned on title page. Covers laminated and spine rebacked. German-Jewish historical institute stamps Otherwise Good condition. B HOLO2-110-12-RESA. New York; German-Jewish Club, Inc unknown
1911ref. 003225Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1911. title continued "Uber der mechanischen Grundlagen der Thermodynamik" pp. 175-76 and Bemerkung zu meiner Arbeit: "Eine Beziehung zxischen dem elastischen verhalten" p. 590 and Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: Enie neue Bestimmung der Molkuldimensionen" pp. 591-92. In Annalen der Physik Vierte Folge Band 34. Contemporary three-quarter cloth marbled boards. Short scratch in spine; small stain on rear cover; three nicks in outer edge of rear cover. First Edition. About Very Good. J. A. Barth hardcover
1911ref. 003227Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1911. Contemporary three-quarters cloth marbled boards. Discusses bending of light in gravitational field. First Edition. Very Good. J. A. Barth hardcover
1912ref. 011596Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1912. In bound volume of Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge Band 38 pp. 355-69. Volume also includes 1 Einstein "Nachtrag zu meiner Arbeit:: 'Thermodynamische Begrundung des photochemischen Aquivalentgesetzes" pp. 881-84; 2 "Antwort auf eine Bermerkung von J. Stark p. 888; and 3 "Relativitat und Gravitation Erwiderung auf eine Bermerkung von M. Abraham" pp. 1059-64. Paper label on spine top of which is worn; library bookplate; perforated stamp on half-title and title page. First Edition. Library Buckram. Good. Johann Ambrosius Barth Hardcover
1921ref. 62573New York: Henry Holt and Company 1921. Hard cover. Very Good. 0 Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. hb vg bk/ no dj 1st American edition dark blue cloth head and heel of spine bumped gilt lettering fading binding tight pages yellowing. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1910ref. 003224Leipzig: J.A.Barth 1910. In Annalen der Physik Vierte Folge Band 33. First two papers coauthored with L. Hopf. Full title of third paper: "Theorie der Opaleszenz von homogenen Flussigkeiten und Flussigkeitsgemischen in der Nahe des kritischen Zustandes." "It was his las major paper on classical statistical mechanics" Abraham Pais 'Subtle is the Lord.' page 103. Buckram two leather spine labels; bookplate; ink stamp on frontfly; small adhesion of title to half-title. First Edition. Contemporary Cloth. About Very Good. J.A.Barth Hardcover
2009ref. 345j1635New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312362285 . "Focuses on correcting a widely accepted story that Einstein was a major supporter a 'champion' of the state of Israel - a story told and retold primarily by the mainstream media. While Einstein was a secular Jew had mixed feelings about Zionism and supported the goal of a Jewish 'homeland' within Palestine he never wavered from arguing forcefully for equal rights and equal power for the Arabs - whom he called 'kinfolk' of the Jews. Some of these essays and letters covering the years from 1919 to 1955 have never been translated or published." - dust jacket. "It's a pity that the Zionist movement as embodied in the State of Israel took a direction so divergent from the path advocated by the Jewish people's greatest intellect." - Michael Palumbo. "While sadly it seems Einstein's fear that Israel would become a 'captive of narrow nationalism' has been realized his humanism and call for equal rights and equal power between Jews and Palestinians in Israel/Palestine remain an inspiration and model today." - Adam Horowitz. xviii 334 pp. Bibliography List of Sources Notes Index. Occasional tiny marginal pencil marks otherwise book tight and clean with very light wear. Moderate wear to complete dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A quality example of this important study. ; 8vo . St. Martin's Press hardcover
1906ref. 59121Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1906. Full cloth. Spine with gilt lettering. In: "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 20. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude." Portrait Paul Drude VIII1048 pp. and 6 plates. Einstein papers: pp. 199-206 and 627-33. Internally fine and clean. The entire volume offered. Broad margins. Both papers first edition. It was for the papers "Ueber einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt" of 1905 and "Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung. Theory of light emission and absorption the offered item that Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. "The quantum theory has affected virtually every branch of physics. Its earliest and one of its most significant developments was Einstein's application of the theory to what is known as the 'photo-electrical effect'.Einstein explained this effext by suggesting that the classical view that light is emitted in the form of continous waves must be abandoned. The photo-electrical effect could be explained only as an example of quantum action where the waves of light or X-rays are emitted in minute particles or bullets. It is he size of the bullet the wave-lenght of the radiation which determines the number of electrons ejected. It was for this and not for the theory of relativity that Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. Einstein's two fundamental papers on this subject are "Ueber einem Erzeugung." 1905 and Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung the paper offered here" PMM the note to 391. In the second paper Principle of the conservation of the centre of mass motion and the inertia of energy he shows that the conservation of mass is a special application of his energy principle E= Mc2 - Weil: 12 & 13.Among the many papers in this volume we have Max von Laue: Zur Thermodynamik der Inteferenzerscheinungen. pp. 365-378. hardcover
1906ref. 38794Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1906. Bound together in one contemp. hcloth. Small tears to spine ends. = "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 20. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude." Portrait Paul Drude VIII1048 pp. and 6 plates. Einstein papers: pp. 199-206 and 627-33. Internally fine and clean. The whole volume offered. Both papers first edition. It was for the papers "Ueber einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt" of 1905 and "Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung. Theory of light emission and absorption the offered item that Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921."The quantum theory has affected virtually every branch of physics. Its earliest and one of its most significant developments was Einstein's application of the theory to what is known as the 'photo-electrical effect'.Einstein explained this effext by suggesting that the classical view that light is emitted in the form of continous waves must be abandoned. The photo-electrical effect could be explained only as an example of quantum action where the waves of light or X-rays are emitted in minute particles or bullets. It is he size of the bullet the wave-lenght of the radiation which determines the number of electrons ejected. It was for this and not for the theory of relativity that Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. Einstein's two fundamental papers on this subject are "Ueber einem Erzeugung." 1905 and Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung the paper offered here" PMM the note to 391. In the second paper Principle of the conservation of the centre of mass motion and the inertia of energy he shows that the conservation of mass is a special application of his energy principle E= Mc2 - Weil: 12 & 13.Among the many papers in this volume we have Max von Laue: Zur Thermodynamik der Inteferenzerscheinungen. pp. 365-378. hardcover
1906ref. 46962Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1906. Bound together in one contemp. halfcalf. Spine gilt. Minor scratches to spine. A stamp to titlepage and htitle. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 20. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude." Portrait Paul Drude VIII1048 pp. and 6 plates. Einstein papers: pp. 199-206 and 627-33. The entire volume offered. Both papers first edition. It was for the papers "Ueber einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt" of 1905 and "Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung. Theory of light emission and absorption the offered item that Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921."The quantum theory has affected virtually every branch of physics. Its earliest and one of its most significant developments was Einstein's application of the theory to what is known as the 'photo-electrical effect'.Einstein explained this effext by suggesting that the classical view that light is emitted in the form of continous waves must be abandoned. The photo-electrical effect could be explained only as an example of quantum action where the waves of light or X-rays are emitted in minute particles or bullets. It is he size of the bullet the wave-lenght of the radiation which determines the number of electrons ejected. It was for this and not for the theory of relativity that Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. Einstein's two fundamental papers on this subject are "Ueber einem Erzeugung." 1905 and Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung the paper offered here" PMM the note to 391. In the second paper Principle of the conservation of the centre of mass motion and the inertia of energy he shows that the conservation of mass is a special application of his energy principle E= Mc2 - Weil: 12 & 13.Among the many papers in this volume we have Max von Laue: Zur Thermodynamik der Inteferenzerscheinungen. pp. 365-378. unknown
1950ref. 060426New York: Philosophical Library 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 282 Pp. Dark Blue Cloth Gilt. First Edition By Basic Points But Issued In A Variety Of Bindings And Dust Jackets Priced $4.75. Pages Of This Copy Are Same As Issue In Light Blue Boards Including Title And Copyright Pages "1" On Copyright Page But Binding Is Cloth. No Frontispiece; That Portrait Is Printed In Red On The Rear Panel Of The Dust Jacket. Dj On Heavy Paper Priced $4.75 Same As Issue In Blue Boards But Dj Is Gray Red-Brown And White With Author In Red-Brown And Title In White. Book Is Fine No Damage Bookplate Of A Prominent Military Cryptographer. Dj Is Also Fine. A Review By Harlow Shapley Is Discussed On The Front Flap Of The Dj; Note That W We Had Another Exactly Similar Fine Copy In Original Dust Jacket Which Came With A Book Club News Brochure Also Discussing The Harlow Review; It Is Possible That This Is A Book Club Issue Simultaneous Or Nearly So With Other Issues But Definitive Information Is Not Available To Us. Philosophical Library hardcover
1926ref. 029292New York: E. P. Dutton and Company 1926. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair DJ. 124 Pp. Brown Cloth Gilt. First American Edition No Date Printing Statement Indicates 1926 British Sheets Were Used. Book Is Somewhat Worn And Has Small Areas Of Fraying At Corners Hinges Solid Small Previous Owner's Name On Front Free Endpaper. Dj Worn Bottom 40% Of Spine Chipped Away But Title And Author Remain Small Edge And Corner Chips. E. P. Dutton and Company hardcover
1912ref. 008413Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1912. Small pieces missing from spine; rear wrapper carefully reattached; ink stamp on front wrapper; small piece of paper stuck to first page. . First Edition. Original Printed Wrappers. Good. Johann Ambrosius Barth Paperback
ref. W-005Rare first edition from 1955 signed by Mays. Condition of book very good condition of dust jacket good plus. hardcover
ref. H3988Berlin Akademie der Wissenschaften 1915 In: Sitzungsberichte der Königl.Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften Band 1916/2. 4to. S.1111-1117. Weitere Berichte von Born M.; Schroeder Tangl Struve u.a. Halbleinenband der Zeit leicht berieben Bibl.-Nr.am Rücken Original-Broschur miteingebunden unaufgeschnitten gutes Exemplar. unknown
1922ref. EINSTEIN017518Methuen London. 1922. First English edition. Translated by G.B. Jeffery and W. Perrett. Octavo. pp iv 56 8 adverts. Contains two addresses "Ether and Relativity" and "Geometry and Experience'. Spine and cover edges a little faded. Lower corners slightly bruised. Endpapers and edges spotted. Very good in the scarce and fragile dustwrapper which is good chipped at edges a bit rubbed starting to split at the joints and missing a piece of about an inch in the centre of the spine. Methuen, London. unknown
1923ref. 7029The Meaning Of Relativity by Albert Einstein first edition hardcover Publisher: Princeton University Press 1923 Condition: Very Good- - some wear to the spine and covers name written on the front end paper no other writings tight binding Princeton University Press hardcover
1912ref. 29311Leipzig Barth 1912. 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Backstrip taped. Kept in a cloth-box. In: "Annalen der Physik IV Bd. 38" pp. 355-369 and pp. 443-458. The whole issue present= Bd. 38 Heft 2 pp.249-472. Both papers in first edition and they are considered as the first appearance of a Nonlinear Field Equation for Gravitation. - "Einstein published two remarkable memoirs in 1912 which were efforts to construct a complete theory of gravitation incorporating the equivalence principle. In these memoirs Einstein supposed that the gravitational field can be characterized completely by one function the local speed of light analogous to the Newtonian description where only the gravitational potential appears. By an extraordinary argument he extended the potential equation of Newton.In his second Memoir in 1912 he used the equivalence principle to show the influence of a static gravitational field on electromagnetic and thermal processes." DSB IV p.320 ff. - Weil No. 47 and 48. hardcover
1938ref. 46954Baltimore Princeton University Press 1938 a.1940. Royal8vo. Bound in 2 full cloth gilt lettering to spines. In: Annals of Mathematics" Series 2 Vol. 39 and vol. 40. Entire volumes offered. The papers: pp. 65-100 a. pp. 455-464. Clean and fine.også on a generalization. pais p. 496 First appearance of these two importent papers on the General theory of Relativity in which is shown that the equation of motion follows directly from the field equation that defined the geometry."Einstein's last importent contribution to general relativity deals again with the problem of motion. It is the work done with Leopold Indfeld and Banesh Hoffmann on the N-body problem of motion. In these papers the gravitational field is no longer treated as external. Instead it and the motion of its singular sources are treated simultaneously. A new approximation scheme is introduced in which the fields are no longer necessarily weak but in which the source velocities are small compared with the light velocity. These equations are widely used in analyses of planetary orbits in the solar system."Pais "Subtle is the Lord" pp. 290-91.Weil: 202 a. 205 both with an asterix denoting a major paper. - Boni: 236 a. 236.1. hardcover
1906ref. 32820369Contemporary half dark green roan. Rubbed some chipping separation at upper joint. Library markings. FIRST EDITION of "On the Theory of Light Production and Light Absorption" pp. 199-206. This classic in the history of physics is Einstein's second paper on the photoelectric effect. Einstein reconciles his and Planck's independent derivations of the blackbody formula E=hν. Planck's derivation of this formula ascribed it to a restriction on the energy changes possible when radiation is produced or absorbed by matter which implied no restriction on the energies of either matter or radiation. Einstein's 1905 derivation ascribed it to a restriction on the energy of radiation alone but in this paper he proposes the modern idea that the energies of both matter and radiation are quantized which led to his work on quantum specific heats. and FIRST EDITION of "The Principle of Conservation of Motion of the Center of Gravity and the Inertia of Energy" pp. 627-633. In this "ingenious thought experiment involving energy transport in a hollow cylinder Einstein returned to the relationship between inertial mass and energy giving more general arguments for their complete equivalence" Calaprice The Einstein Almanac. This is the first statement that the conservation of mass is a special case of the conservation of energy. Annalen der Physik
1926ref. 043114London: Methuen & Co. 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Viii 124 Pp. Green Cloth White Spine Lettering. First Printing In Secondary Binding With White Lettering The First Binding Was Lettered In Gilt. Book Used But Still Fine No Rubbing Lettering Complete And Entirely Strong. Spanish Owner's Name With His 1948 Receipt From H. K. Lewin For The Book Laid In Loosely. Lacking The Scarce Dust Jacket. Methuen & Co. hardcover
1950ref. 046941New York: Philosophical Library 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Frontispiece. 282 Pp. Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt On Front CoverAlso Lettered In Gilt In Spine Stamped On Two Blocks Of Dark Blue Background. Dust Jacket Priced $4.75 With Only 15 Titles On Rear Panel Two First Published In 1950 The Others First Published By Philosophical Library 1942 To 1949. Frontispiece Portrait Of Einstein By Lotte Jacobi. There Are Many Issues With Identical Pagination In Cloth Or Boards Of Various Colors All With Later Post-1950 Publications Indicated On The Rear Panel In Both The Plainer Dust Jacket As On This Copy And In A More Elaborate Jacket; We Believe This Is The First Issue Only By A Process Of Elimination Not Having Seen Many Different Bindings And Dust Jackets. Book With Light Wear Gilt Brilliant No Marks. Dust Jacket With Wear Small Losses/Chips At Corners Not Price Clipped Slight Browning To Spine Panel. Philosophical Library hardcover