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1931réf. 1403337Potsdam Germany 1931. Two letters by Albert Einstein. The first is a single-paged autograph letter signed by Albert Einstein with one horizontal fold and one vertical fold. In Very Good condition . Measuring 22.5 x 28.5 cm. Letter accompanied with mailing envelope both with matching paper-clip rust stain. Letter with some light wear along edges small staining to lower corner. Addressed to G. W. Meyer and dated 8 Oktober 31 in Potsdam the Letter reads in full: "Sehr geehrter Herr! Indem ich Ihnen für die Uebersendung des Buches von Henry George bestens danke sende ich Ihnen anliegend die gewünschte Meinungsäusserung mit der Bitte um Weiterleitung an Mrs. Evans. Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung" and signed in ink "A. Einstein". He thanks Meyer for serving as an intermediary in getting a book to him and for forwarding the enclosed letter. The second letter is a typed copy of Einstein's previously enclosed letter presumably made by Meyer before he passed the original on to Evans. Addressed to R. W. Evans and dated 8.10.1931 in Potsdam the letter discusses Henry George's economic theory of poverty and land nationalization compares it to Franz Oppenheimer's work and proposes questions to be asked. Presumably he was sent a copy of Henry George's Progress and Poverty. First published in 1879 it sparked the Progressive Era discussing the paradox of increasing inequality and poverty amid economic and technological progress as well as the economic value of land. Consignment. Shelved Case 3. The Letter reads in full: "Sehr geehrte Mrs. Evans! Ich habe das Buch von Henry George zum grössten Teil mit ausserordentlichem Interesse gelesen und glaube dass es in der Hauptsache einen unanfechtbaren Standpunkt vertritt insbesondere was die Ursache der Armut betrifft. Nie in diesem Buch vertretenen Ansichten stimmen soweit ich es beurteilen kann vollkommen mit den Resultaten des zeitgenössischen Professors Franz Oppenheimer überein der sie offenbar selbständig herausgefunden hat. Nicht einverstanden bin ich mit der Theorie des Zinses. Mit dem vorgeschlagenen Heilmittel der Verstaatlichung des Bodens und der Bodenschätzung scheint mir allerdings mehr ein Problem als eine Lösung gegeben zu sein. Soll z. Beispiel ein Boden Eigentum der Gemeinschaft das darauf hingestellte Haus aber Privateigentum sein Jedenfalls ist es schon von höchster Wichtigkeit dass das Wesen des Uebels klar aufgezeigt ist. Schon darum wäre es wichtig wenn das Buch die ihm gebührende Beachtung fände. Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung gez. A. Einstein." 1403337. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. unknown
1932réf. 3054Caputh Germany: np 1932. First edition. Very Good. AN IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC LETTER FROM EINSTEIN TO HIS CLOSEST MATHEMATICAL COLLABORATOR ACCOMPANIED BY A MANUSCRIPT LEAF OF CALCULATIONS IN EINSTEIN'S HAND ON THE SAME LINE OF RESEARCH. Although the original association of the letter and the leaf of calculations cannot be confirmed the two pieces clearly emerge from the same scientific context and have been preserved together. A superb pair from the final months of Einstein's German period. The Letter: In this intense and intellectually urgent letter Einstein writes to Walther Mayer his indispensable mathematical collaborator often referred to as "Einstein's Calculator" describing a newly conceived approach to the technical obstacles in their unified-field theory involving semi-vectors spinors and modified Dirac-type equations. Einstein tells Mayer he believes he "sees a new possibility" one that determines key constants in the system without resorting to the semi-vector construction. He then sketches the structure of the revised scheme points to the condition under which the full set of field equations reduces to a single one and warns that if this same collapse occurs in the general case "the whole thing would be useless." With his imminent departure from Germany he urges Mayer to examine the issue quickly and gives instructions for where a reply will reach him while en route. Dirac and De Broglie - Significance of the Scientific References: Of particular importance is Einstein's explicit engagement in this letter with the work of Paul Dirac and Louis de Broglie two of the central figures in early quantum theory. Einstein refers directly to the Dirac equations introduced only a few years earlier which provided a relativistic formulation of the electron and played a foundational role in quantum mechanics. He also invokes the De Broglie equations for matter waves reflecting his continued effort to reconcile quantum ideas with relativistic field theory. These references place the letter squarely at the intersection of Einstein's unified-field program and the emerging quantum framework he famously regarded with both fascination and skepticism. The letter thus documents Einstein actively testing whether concepts originating in quantum mechanics-Dirac's relativistic wave equation and De Broglie's wave-particle duality-could be absorbed into a geometrically unified classical field theory. Letters in which Einstein explicitly grapples with Dirac and De Broglie at this technical level are rare and represent an important record of his engagement with the central theoretical developments of the early twentieth century. Historical Context: Einstein's collaboration with Walther Mayer beginning around 1930 produced some of the most technically sophisticated papers of Einstein's later career. Together they developed new mathematical structures-semi-vectors spinors and higher-dimensional tangent-space formulations-used in their unified-field attempts. This letter dates from December 1932 only weeks before Einstein left Germany permanently and belongs to the final phase of their joint work published in the Sitzungsberichte of the Prussian Academy. Einstein valued Mayer so highly that he later persuaded the Institute for Advanced Study to create a permanent position for him the only such appointment ever granted for one of Einstein's collaborators. The Manuscript Calculations: Accompanying the letter is a two-page manuscript leaf containing Einstein's working calculations: trial expressions constraint conditions and variant formulations of the same type of semi-vector and spinor problems addressed in the letter. While we cannot confirm that these pages were originally enclosed with the letter they concern the same scientific material and have been preserved alongside it. Einstein manuscript leaves of this depth and technical significance-especially when tied to a known collaborative problem-are scarce. Significance: Whether or not originally sent together the letter and the calculations form a powerful and coherent scientific pair offering a rare view of Einstein actively working through equations testing ideas and relying on Mayer to verify mathematical structure. They capture Einstein at a critical inflection point in both his scientific life and personal circumstances as he prepared to leave Germany forever. --------- The letter from Einstein to Mayer reads in full translated from the original German: Dear Mr. Mayer! I believe I see a new possibility which promises success. It is along the lines of the recently devised way according to which one places zero on the right side of the Dirac-Equations. The novelty is in the fact that the constants a1 . a4 aside from a totally irrelevant factor are completely known without passing on to the specific Semi-Vectors. After omission of the _-terms the equations read Ee st ys = s 1 xe Or for De-Broglie-Equations of the restless particle E4 st ys = s 1a x4 Here is what's new: How does one choose the ay so that the De Broglie - Choices stay largely undetermined Result: The four equations 1a reduce themselves into a single one when and only when if one lets a1 = 1 a2 = 1 a3 = 1 a4 = 1 I believe that with this selection ay is for the equation describing the _-terms 1 the fitting substitute for the DeBroglie-Equation. These equations are already supplied by the simplest Hamilton function. See if the general equations 1 degenerate with this placing for a as well. If this were the case the whole thing would be useless. I leave on Saturday. A letter that is sent to Antwerp to the `Oakland' Hapag Antwerp harbor will reach me until December 13. Cordial greetings from your A. E. Autograph Letter Signed Written in German. One page 8.5 x 11 in.; 216 x 279 mm. probably Caputh near Potsdam Germany the location of Einstein's country home Sunday 4 December 1932. Scattered spotting affecting four words; usual folds. WITH: Two-page leaf of mathematical calculations. Housed together in decorated half-leather box by noted book artist Sjoerd Hofstra. np unknown
1912réf. 3056np: np 1912. first edition. custom box. Very Good. ON THE ROAD TO RELATIVITY: A four-panel working bifolium from Einstein's early post-Minkowski tensor phase. A remarkable working sheet showing Einstein making tensor formalism physically operational for continuum mechanics. Across three working zones the manuscript moves from a formal four-dimensional tensor transformation identity written in a distinct unidentified hand to Einstein's own derivations involving Volumenkraft Druckkraft stress force density diagrammatic testing and a heavily underlined mechanical equilibrium result. The folded rotated format gives the sheet the character of a compact notebook in miniature: formal tensor language brought into contact with physical terms local force relations diagrams and repeated calculation. The manuscript's all-lower-index notation explicit summations in Einstein's hand mixed coordinate idiom second-hand tensor identity and visible effort to make tensor language mechanically operational point most naturally to the 1912-1913 Zurich tensor period when Einstein was absorbing the post-Minkowski mathematics that General Relativity would require. Later revisitations cannot be entirely excluded but they explain the sheet less naturally. A rare survival documenting Einstein's working method on one of the foundational matter-side problems on the road to General Relativity. EINSTEIN ALBERT. Autograph scientific manuscript unsigned and undated most plausibly 1912-1913. A four-panel working bifolium 330 × 210 mm open from Einstein's early post-Minkowski tensor period retained among his private research papers and annotated by Helen Dukas: "A.E.'s Handwriting H.D." Provenance: Sotheby's New York 26 June 1998; Jagdish Mehra. PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BENEATH THE IMAGES FOR A PDF CONTAINING THE FULL DESCRIPTION. np unknown
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
réf. B9781032378411Paperback / softback. New. There’s religion in my marketing! There’s marketing in my religion! Selling the Sacred explores the religio-cultural and media implications of a two-sided phenomenon: marketing religion as a product and marketing products as religion. paperback
1968réf. 015659New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1968. Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked tight and square. Tan boards with black lettering bright and fresh. Two short creases on spine. Light dusting to top page edges. Price intact jacket is bright and fresh with no sunnin. Rear panel has faint foxing. Minor wear at spine ends. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Very Good Plus to Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G.P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
réf. 1412924693.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0691085269.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. PrakashN-9780691191812PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS. PAPER BACK. New. ENGLISH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS unknown
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1922réf. ABE-1760853436965London: Methuen @ Co. Ltd 1922 Title: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory Author: Albert Einstein Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd. London Publication Date: 1922 Binding: Original cloth hardcover Condition: Good see description Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued Description: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1922. Original blue-grey cloth gilt-lettered spine. Solid boards with only light shelf wear to extremities. Spine cloth a shade faded but gilt still legible. No inscriptions or ownership marks. Moderate foxing to preliminary pages otherwise clean throughout. Text remains clear and fully legible on lightly toned paper. Binding sound and secure though slightly pulled at the inner hinge no loose or missing leaves. A well-preserved early Methuen printing of Einsteins celebrated exposition of the theory of relativity first published in English in 1920. A classic scientific work explaining both the special and general theories in accessible form and among the most influential popular science books of the twentieth century. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Methuen @ Co. Ltd hardcover
1950réf. mon0000469800Methuen 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2.8179 in x 23.1724 in x 16.6773 in. Ex-library book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Without Dust Cover. Methuen hardcover
1949réf. mon00001826631949-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex-Library usual stamps and markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. unknown
1953réf. biblio37528University of California Berkeley 1953. First Edition. XXVII496 pages. Fine Hardcover in VeryGood DJ. DarkRed cloth Bookplate with spine title. No Wear. Clean Unmarked throughout Excellent binding and hinges. The DJ got light edge wear. 9.5"x6.25"x1.6". be46009. University of California hardcover
1950réf. 1757693254LEEMethuen 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. Fourth edition. 145 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning particularly to spine. Gilt lettering to spine is strongly dulled. Methuen hardcover
réf. 144007478X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1990réf. VE251005018G87Princeton University Press 1990-02-01. hardcover. Good. 8x1x10. Hardback--name inside cover--spine tight--pages unmarked--cover excellent Princeton University Press hardcover
2004réf. 1393704Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 2004. Collector's Editions. Hardcover. Octavos Four Volumes. Bound in brown genuine leather with bright gilt spine titles and gilt motifs on covers. Gilt text blocks. Paper endpapers silk ribbons. In publisher's shrinkwrap. MA consignment. Shelved above Easton Press. 1393704. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Easton Press hardcover
réf. 35857273like new. unknown
réf. 0691121249.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1920réf. 001584New York: Henry Holt and Company 1920. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: Henry Holt and Company 1920. 8vo 168 pp. Dark blue cloth. Gilt titles to spine and front board. Gilt entirely faded from the spine moderately to the spine. Light foxing to the title and frontispiece. Interior clean. Binding is tight. Very good. A very acceptable copy of a scarce and important book. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1975réf. 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
1950réf. 617622New York: Philosophical Library 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Fine in very slightly toned near fine dust jacket. Philosophical Library hardcover
