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1933réf. 180318Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 1933. First edition offprint issue of the third of Einstein and Mayer's four classic papers on semi-vectors in which they aimed to incorporate the Dirac equation into the general theory of relativity. "By introducing semi-vectors Einstein wanted to arrive at a mathematically simpler and more general formulation of spinors. The semi-vector generalization of the Dirac equation was thought to give a unified description of charged elementary particles in particular of the electron and proton" Van Dongen pp. 103-5. Large octavo pp. 4. Original cream wrappers front wrapper printed in black wire-stitched as issued. Extremities gently creased short closed tears at spine ends occasional light foxing: a very good copy. Boni 223; Weil 192. Jeroen van Dongen Einstein's Unification 2010. unknown
1927réf. 5736KBerlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in commission at Georg Reimer Reichsdruckerei 24th February 1927; 14th February 1928. Near Fine. Imperial 8vo 25 4: 18 2 cm. 12 pages numbered 2-13; 12 pages numbered 235-245 1. Letterpress on machine paper in original publisher’s brochures on orange stock with black title printing. First offprints in the original wrappers of two of Einstein's papers about the interrelations of the General Theory of Relativity and the Law of Motion the 2nd paper conducted with his assistant Jakob Grommer. - Condition: Mint. - Reference: Boni-Russ-L. 171; Schilpp-Shields 212; Weil 155 and 160. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Georg Reimer [Reichsdruckerei]) unknown
1931réf. 5745KBerlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in commission at Georg Reimer Reichsdruckerei 2nd December 1931; 30th April 1932. Near Fine. Imperial 8vo 25 4: 18 2 cm. 19 1 pages; 12 pages numbered 235-245 1. Letterpress on machine paper in original publisher’s brochures on salmon-coloured and orange stock with black title printing. First offprints in the original wrappers and new pagination of this important two-part paper by Einstein formulating new developments towards Unified Field Theories. - Content: Einstein made several attempts at a five-dimensional unified field theory including this two-part collaboration with Austrian mathematician Walther Mayer nicknamed „Einstein's calculator“ ""in which a new unified field theory was proposed one based on a four-dimensional space-time continuum with a five-dimensional tangent space attached at each point"" Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 492. - Condition: Very well preserved. - Reference: Boni-Russ-L. 207; Printing and the Mind of Man 416 „Principal Work“; Schilpp-Shields 251 and 261; Weil 182 and 185 quotes the paginations of the first separate printings p. 541-557 and 130-137. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Georg Reimer [Reichsdruckerei]) unknown
1923réf. 5730KBerlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in commission at Walter de Gruyter Reichsdruckerei 28th June 1923. Near Fine. Imperial 8vo 25 4: 18 2 cm. 4 pages numbered 137-140. Letterpress on machine paper in original publisher’s brochure on orange stock with black title printing. First offprint in the original wrappers of this first attempt of Einstein to formulate a unified field theory. - Content: In this important paper Einstein gives his first investigation of ""Affine geometries"" and introduces the notion of ""Distant parallelism"" thus for the first time attempting to formulate a unified field theory based on the research of the German mathematician theoretical physicist and philosopher Hermann Weyl. - Condition: Mint. - Reference: Alicke 113; Norman Library 698; Schilpp-Shields 175; Weil 132. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Walter de Gruyter [Reichsdruckerei]) unknown
réf. a94713Leipzig 1918. first edition. Hirzel. Hardcover large 4to. In German. Many important papers in the history of modern physics by scientists as Einstein articles pp. 115-116 165-166 Otto Hahn and Meitner "Die Muttersubstanz des Actiniums" pp. 208-218 Schroedinger "Notiz uber die Ordnung" pp. 218-220; "Energie komponenten des Gravitationsfeldes" pp 4-7; "Loesungssystem" pp. 20-22 Ludwig Flamm "Gegenwartiggen Stand der Quantentheorie pp. 116-128 and much more. Physikalische Zeitschrift for Jan - Dez 1918. 556p. plates line drawings. Excellent condition - Very near Fine just some toning on on pages in second half of volume to do lower paper quality no doubt due to economic problems in Germany at the time. No owner marks. 3/4 black cloth with black and grey marbled board; mounted paper spine label with title in thick black ink. Pictures available on request. Clearly 1918 was an exciting year in the world of physics. . hardcover
1945réf. 617621Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second edition with a new appendix by Einstein and translated by Ernst G. Straus. Octavo. 135pp. Tiny owner name on front fly else fine in uniformly and modestly spine-toned very good dust jacket with nominal soiling. Princeton University Press hardcover
1908réf. 003221Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1908. First Edition. Contemporary Cloth. Very Good. J. A. Barth Hardcover
1906réf. 003218Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1906. Several small dents in cover edges. First Edition. Contemporary Cloth. Very Good. J. A. Barth Hardcover
1945réf. 617621Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second edition with a new appendix by Einstein and translated by Ernst G. Straus. Octavo. 135pp. Tiny owner name on front fly else fine in uniformly and modestly spine-toned very good dust jacket with nominal soiling. Princeton University Press hardcover books
1914réf. 1199Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn 1914. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FULL VOLUME OF THE FRANCK-HERTZ EXPERIMENT: THE FIRST ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT TO CLEARLY SHOW THE QUANTUM NATURE OF ATOMS - PROOF OF THE QUANTIZED MODEL OF THE BOHR ATOM & OF PLANCK'S QUANTUM THEORY. Note that this volume includes both the first and second Franck-Hertz experiment. In the first they demonstrate that atoms can only absorb and be excited by specific amounts of energy; in the second experiment performed the same year they demonstrate that the frequency of the light emitted following the collision of electrons with mercury atoms corresponds precisely with the energy lost by the electrons in the collision. Franck and Hertz received the Nobel Prize for this work specifically "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom" Nobel Prize Committee. Of equal import this volume also contains a paper by Einstein in which he uses the light quantum hypothesis to give new derivations of Planck's radiation law and Nernst's third law of thermodynamics. His "proofs introduced the quantum hypothesis" Calaprice The Einstein Almanac 40. In 1914 James Franck and Gustav Hertz were working together in the Physics Institute of Berlin and were "particularly interested in ionization i.e. in the process in which an electron is removed from an atom" The Harvest of a Century" p. 102-103. The experiment they devised now known commonly as the Franck-Hertz experiment is "a vivid illustration of the quantization of energy" that relied on methodology so simple "that it is now carried out regularly by undergraduates. They accelerated electrons through a low-pressure gas of mercury. When the electrons' energy reach the energy of a stationary state of mercury they gave up a quantum of energy to the mercury resulting in a stepwise shape to the curve of current through the apparatus. This demonstrated that atoms could absorb energy only in discrete amounts" Peacock The Quantum Revolution 40. "Franck and Hertz had not only shown for the first time that electrons lose their kinetic energy to mercury atoms in energy quanta but also that these energy quanta are equal to the energy of the light emitted by the same atoms if interpreted with Einstein's light-quantum hypothesis.This was the first experimental determination of Planck's constant not using blackbody radiation" Brandt 103. CONDITION & DETAILS: Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn. 8vo. Unobtrusive stamp on front paste down and title page. In-text figures throughout. Tightly bound in leather over marbled paper boards; gilt-lettered and tooled at the slightly faded and spotted spine which looks worse in the image due to the bright light than it does to the eye. Unusually beautiful marbled paper edges. Bright and very clean throughout. Near fine. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn hardcover
1955réf. 060140New York: Pantheon Books 1955. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /Good. 86 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Edition. Book Very Good Dj First State Priced $4.00 Considerable Wear Chipping At Corners 2" Mostly Closed Tear Near Top Of Front Spine Edge No Marks. Pantheon Books hardcover
1949réf. 057965New York: The Library Of Living Philosophers 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 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. Near Fine Book Gilt Bright No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $8.50 Wear Browning Minute Losses At Edges Dust To Rear Panel. The Library Of Living Philosophers hardcover
réf. 108243Princeton University Press 1987–1995. 4° XXIII 433 S.; XXII 655 S.; XXXII 644 S.; 4: XVIII 715 S.; 460 S. OLwd. m. OU.; Bd. 6: Broschur Tadell. Sprache: engl. 010 Princeton, University Press, 1987–1995 unknown
1911réf. 50604Leipzig J.A. Barth 1911. 8vo. In Contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 34. Hrsg. von W.Wien und Max Planck.". The whole volume offered. A tear to lower part of spine and small stamp to title page otherwise fine. Einstein papers: pp. 165-169; pp. 170-174; pp.; 175-176; p. 590; pp. 591-592. Entire volume: VIII1032 pp. 6 plates. First edition of all 5 papers. In "Relation between elastic behaviour and specific heat of solid bodies with monatomic molecules" Einstein comments Sutherlands importent paper in Philosophical Magazine from 1910. Sutherland made the importent remark that the infrared eigenfrequencies of solid bodies have their origin possibly in the elastic vibrations of these bodies. Einstein impressed by this remark adds that electrically charged ions are the sources of optical vibrations whreas elastic vibrations are caused by the mutual motion of the entire molecule. Hence he prefers to test the hypothesis of Sutherland by solid bodies which are composed of monatomic molecules."Lanczos. - Weil Nos 38 39 this with an asterix denoting major work40 1-2 and 41. unknown
1911réf. 50604Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1911. 8vo. In Contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 34. Hrsg. von W.Wien und Max Planck."". The whole volume offered. A tear to lower part of spine and small stamp to title page, otherwise fine. Einstein papers: pp. 165-169" pp. 170-174 pp. 175-176 p. 590" pp. 591-592. [Entire volume: VIII,1032 pp. + 6 plates.].
réf. 315800The Easton Press. Hardcover. Fine. Typical Easton binding. All four books have unused bookplates laid in. Trivial gilt nicks. A Fine copy. The Easton Press hardcover
1920réf. 504910Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Binding sturdy. Text clean. A well-preserved copy of the first Canadian edition with previous owner's inscription on front free end page. Modest stunning to spine cover else in very good condition indeed. The Ryerson Press Hardcover
1925réf. 140945616Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer 1925. First edition. First edition. xiv 377 1 4 pp. Bound in publisher's orangish yellow boards. Near Fine with light rubbing and soiling to boards tiny pen squiggle to front board. Contents bright and unmarked. An uncommon German-language physics text with an appendix by Einstein. Verlag von Julius Springer unknown books
1968réf. 019130Crown Publishers. 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.Clipped DJ in archival cover edge wear small chips. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1968. Crown Publishers hardcover
1932réf. 433001932. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 32 1932. 31pp. 256 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers a little chipped and darkened small splits in spine. Very good. First edition offprint issue. Einstein's work on semivectors "was stimulated by Ehrenfest's insistence on a better understanding of the relation between single-valued and double-valued representations of the Lorentz group . . . Einstein and Mayer went on to relate semivectors to the Dirac equation and to generalize the formalism to general relativity" Pais Subtle is the Lord pp. 451-452. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 186. unknown
1930réf. 433141930. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. Single sheet pp. 1-2. 256 x 184 mm. Upper edge a bit creased light toning but very good. First edition offprint issue. One of Einstein's last papers on Riemann metrics and distant parallelism written the year before he abandonded this approach to constructing a unified field theory. Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 347. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 173. unknown
1930réf. 433141930. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. Single sheet pp. 1-2. 256 x 184 mm. Upper edge a bit creased light toning but very good. First edition offprint issue. One of Einstein's last papers on Riemann metrics and distant parallelism written the year before he abandonded this approach to constructing a unified field theory. Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 347. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 173. unknown books
1932réf. 433001932. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 32 1932. 31pp. 256 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers a little chipped and darkened small splits in spine. Very good. First edition offprint issue. Einstein's work on semivectors "was stimulated by Ehrenfest's insistence on a better understanding of the relation between single-valued and double-valued representations of the Lorentz group . . . Einstein and Mayer went on to relate semivectors to the Dirac equation and to generalize the formalism to general relativity" Pais Subtle is the Lord pp. 451-452. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 186. unknown books
1949réf. 38664The Library of Living Philosophers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of Einstein's autobiography. Blue cloth. Bookplate to ffep. Glue darkening along hinges. Book is tight and square. Gilt unfaded. The clipped jacket shows wear along edges and shows general toning. ; The Library of Living Philosophers; Vol. 7; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Library of Living Philosophers hardcover
1915réf. 1200Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn 1915. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FULL BOUND VOLUME OF THE EINSTEIN-DE HAAS EFFECT -- an experimental observation that illustrates the relationship between magnetism and angular momentum and in which a change in the magnetic moment causes the rotation of a free body. In this 1915 paper Albert Einstein and Wander de Haas report that changing the magnetization of a suspended iron rod by applying an external magnetic field leads to mechanical rotation of the rod - a result that still stands as a textbook illustration of the relationship between magnetism and angular momentum. Papers by Planck The Quantum Hypothesis for Molecules with Multiple Degrees of Freedom von Laue Warburg Siegbahn and Born are also present. Einstein had long contemplated Ampère's 1820 conjecture that magnetism is caused by the microscopic circular motions of electric charges. In light of this Einstein and de Haas devised an experiment to test not just Ampère's hypothesis but also "Lorentz's theory that the rotating particles are electrons. The aim of the experiment was to measure the torque generated by a reversal of the magnetization of an iron cylinder" Calaprice Einstein Almanac 52. In the experiment Einstein and de Haas designed "a magnetic material was suspended with the aid of a thin string inside a magnetic field coil. When the magnetic field was increased by the application of an electric current through the field coil the magnetic material is magnetized. In order to keep the total magnetic moment of the magnetic material constant the latter rotates. This classical Einstein-de Haas effect demonstrates that the spin angular momentum is of the same nature as the angular momentum of rotating bodies as conceived in classical mechanics" Ganzhorn Nature Communications 7 11443 2016. Einstein spoke enthusiastically of the experimental results he and de Haas has achieved stating that they had "given firm proof of the existence of Ampère's molecular currents" Pais Subtle is the Lord 245. ALSO INCLUDED: Papers by Planck "Die Quantenhypotese für Molekeln mit mehreren Freiheitsgraden" and "Bemerkung über die Entropiekonstante zweiatomiger Gase" as well as a paper by von Laue "Die Einsteinischen Energieschwankungen" CONDITION & DETAILS: Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn. 8vo. Unobtrusive stamp on front paste down and title page. In-text figures throughout. Tightly bound in leather over marbled paper boards; gilt-lettered and tooled at the slightly faded spine. Unusually beautiful marbled paper edges. Bright and very clean throughout. Near fine. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn hardcover
