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1907Best.-Nr. 50595Leibzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1907. 8vo. In contemporary full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik" Vierte Folge Band 23. Entire volume offered. Ex-libris pasted on to top right corner of pasted down front free end-paper. Light rubbing to extremities a very fine and clean copy not an ex-library copy. Pp.371-384. Entire volume: VIII 1000 pp. 4 plates. First edition of the first explicit statement of Einstein's landmark energy-mass equation E=mc2.Nearly all descriptions of Einstein's scientific work state that the mass-energy equivalence E=mc2 was first formulated in Einstein's 1907 review paper 'Über das Relativitätsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen.' published in 'Jahrbuch der Radioaktivität und Elektronik' see Weil no. 21 and Dictionary of Scientific Biography vol. 4 pp.323 for examples. However in his paper 'Über die von Relativitätsprincip geforderte Trägheit der Energie' the offered paper which predates the former mentioned by six months Einstein gave a clear statement of the mass-energy equivalence E=mc2. See Lanczos: The Einstein Decade pp.149-150 and 153 as well as Volume 2 of 'The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein' pp. 428.Einstein's first paper regarding the relation E=mc2 is his fourth 1905 paper 'Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig'. In this short paper Einstein showed that a body releasing the energy E in the form of radiation will have its mass decreased by E/c2 and concluded that the mass of a body is a measure of its energy content e.g. that all energy has mass. The next time Einstein returns to the subject is in his 1906 paper 'Das Prinzip von der Erhaltung der Schwerpunkts Bewegung und die Trägheit der Energie.'. Here Einstein concluded that one must either ascribe the inertial mass E/c2 to any form of energy E or else give up the fundamental law mechanics regarding conservation of the motion of the center of gravity. Then finally in the 1907 paper 'Über die von Relativitätsprincip geforderte Trägheit der Energie.' the offered paper Einstein makes the decisive step of assuming that all mass has energy. On page 382 Einstein considers the total energy of a moving mass point as the sum of its kinetic energy and its rest energy. In classical mechanics it is most convenient to set the second term to zero but in relativistic mechanics one obtains the simplest expression by setting the rest energy equal to mc2. Einstein then continues to show that this stipulation cannot lead to a contradiction in any relativistic argument. In a footnote on page 382 Einstein states for the first time the equation E=mc2 and mentions that this equation is the expression of the principle of the equivalence of mass and energy - see Volume 2 of 'The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein' pp. 428.The volume contains another paper by Einstein "Bemerkungen zu der Notiz von Hrn. Paul Ehrenfest: "Die Translation deformierbarer Elektronen und der Flächensatz"" pp.206-208. - Weil No. 18.Collected Works Doc. 45. Weil 19. Boni 19. hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 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
1920Best.-Nr. 29310Berlin Julius Springer 1920. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. 15 pp. First edition. - Weil No. 111. unknown
1920Best.-Nr. 9913Leipzig Berlin 1920. Orig. boards. Back discoloure. 4146 pp. -The corrected third edition of these importent contributions to the theory of relativity. hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 22776Berlin 1927. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Back strengthend with matching paper. Fresh copy. Offprint/Sonderabdr. aus "Sitzungsberichte". pp. 23-30. First edition. Weil No. 156. unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 46475Princeton NJ. Annals of Mathematics 1938 a. 1940. Both papers in orig. printed wrappers. Offprints from "Annals of Mathematics" Vol. 39 No. 1 january 1938 and Vol. 41 No. 2 April 1940. Pp. 65-100 and pp. 455-464. Both clean and fine. 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 both frontwrappers "A Pais". First editions in the scarce offprint versions of Einstein's last and highly important contributions to General relativity and 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 Infeld and Banash 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. Anew approximationscheme is introduced in which the fields are no longer necessarily weak but in which the source velocities are small compared with the light velocity . The equations obtained have found use in situations where Newtonian interaction must be included. 'These equations are widely used in analyses of planetary orbits in the solarsystem. For example the Cal Tech Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses them in modified form to calculate ephmerides for high-precision tracking of planets and spacecraft."Pais "Subtle is the Lord" p. 290-91."The problem of the equation of motion of bodies is the following. The 1916 theory had a classical structure in the sense that there were both field equations the curvature of space-time is determined by the mass and motion of bodies in space-time and equations of motion of bodies the world line of small mass is a geodesic. Are these two statements really separate If the field equations were linear they indeed would be. They are not linear however and Einstein showed in the papers offered that if matter is represented by a point singularity of the metric field these singularities are located on world lines that are geodesics of space-time provided its metric satisfies the equation of general relativity."DSB.Weil: 202 a. 295 both with an asterix denoting a major paper. - Boni: 236 a. 236.1. unknown
1902Best.-Nr. 49829Berlin J.A. Barth 1902. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Some scratches along edges. Stamp on halftitle and title-page. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 8. Hrsg. von Paul Drude." VIII928 pp. and 7 plates. Einstein paper: pp. 798-814. Internally fine and clean. The entire volume offered. First editon. - Weil No 2. unknown
1907Best.-Nr. 29338Leipzig Barth 1907. 8vo. Extract from "Annalen der Physik IV23" pp.197-198. Some slight browning to leaves. First edition. Weil No. 17. unknown
1927Best.-Nr. 28360Berlin Gruyter & Co. 1927. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus Sitzungsberichten.pp.23-30. Fine fresh copy. First edition of rare Offprint still called "Abdruck". - Weil No. 156.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
1914Best.-Nr. 48163Braunschweig Vieweg & Sohn 1914. No wrappers. "Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 1914. Hrsg. von Karl Scheel." 16. Jahrgang Nr. 16. Pp. 765- 834. Entire issue offered. With the general titlepage to 16. Jahrg. Titlepage stamped at foot. Einstein paper pp. 820-828. First edition. In this paper "Contributions to quantum theory" two considerations are given which are interrelated by a common goal inasmuch as it is attempted to derive two of the most importent achievementss of quantum theory viz. Planck's radiation law and Nernst's third law of thermodynamics in a new manner. The proofs do not involve Boltzmann's equation and are thus based enterely on macroscopic thermodynamics. They do introduce however the quantum hupothesis. Einstein points out that the alleged 'proofs' which try to derive the theorem of Nernst from the mere fact that the heat capacity of all substances goes to zero at absolute zero temterature are not genuine. Cornelius Lanczos.Weil No 67. unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 22769Berlin 1932. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Back strengthend with matching paper. Fresh copy. Offprint/Sonderabdr. aus "Sitzungsberichten". pp. 1-32. First edition. Weil No. 186. unknown
1923Best.-Nr. 22766Berlin 1923. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Back strengthend with matching paper. Fresh copy. Offprint/Sonerabdr. aus "Sitzungsberichte". pp. 369-364. First edition. Weil No. 137. unknown
1906Best.-Nr. 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
1906Best.-Nr. 46956Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1906. No wrappers. Extracted from "Annalen der Physik" Vierte Folge. Bd. 20. Pp. 199-206. Clean and fine. First printing of one of the papers for which Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1921. 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 received the prize: "for his services to theoretical physics and especially for his discoveryof the law of the photoelectrical effect" - his reward was not based on relativity."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.Weil: 12 with an asterix denoting a major paper - Boni:12. unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 38646Berlin Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. 4to. Orig. printed green wrapper. No VI 1930 of Sitzungsberichte der Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wrappers with very small nicks atspine. Small part of one corner gone. pp. 110-120. A small stamp at foot of frontwrapper. First edition in the periodical form. - Weil No. 170 unknown
1918Best.-Nr. 40496Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1918. Without wrappers as extracted from "Annalen der Physik" Vierte Folge Bd. 55 Heft 4. The whole number present pp. 241-336. Einsteins paper pp. 241-244. First printing the periodical form. Einstein believed around 1918 "in the relativity of inertia that in 1918 in the paper offered he stated 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 covarianc. 2. The principle of equivalence. 3. Mach's principle the first time this term entered the literature: 'Das G-Feld ist 'restlos' durch die Massen der Körper bestimmt.' that is the g. are completely determined by the mass of bodies more generally bu T."Pais The Science of Albert Einstein p.287. - Weil:96. - Boni: 100. unknown
1912Best.-Nr. 49779Leipzig Barth1912. 8vo. No wrappers. In: "Annalen der Physik IV Bd. 38" No 7. Pp.249-472 a. 3 plates. Entire issue offered. Einstein's papers: pp. 355-369 and pp. 443-458. Clean and fine. 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. unknown
1908Best.-Nr. 38837Leipzig Hirzel 1908. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Corners and spine ends with light wear. "Physikalische Zeitschrift. Herausgegeben von E. Riecke und H.Th. Simon. Neunter Jahrgang". XIX928 pp. textillustrations and 8 plates. Einstein paper: pp. 216-217. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered. First edition. The volume contains also importent papers by Otto Hahn Lise Meitner Max Planck. unknown
1930Best.-Nr. 28365Berlin Gruyter X Co. 1930. 4to. Orig. orange printed wrappers. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten. pp. 1-13. First edition in the rare Offprint having separate printed title and separate pagination. See Weil No. 170 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
1903Best.-Nr. 47072Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1903. Contemp. hcloth. Handwritten paperlabel on spine. In: "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 11. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude.". VIII1144pp. and 6 plates. Entire volume offered. The Einstein paper: pp. 170-187. Faint signs of dampstains in outer margins on a few leaves. First edition of Einsteins fourth paper. In his paper from 1902 Einstein "says in his introduction that nobody has yet succeeded in deriving the conditions of thermal equilibrium and of the second law of thermodynamics from probability considerations although Maxwell and Boltzmann came near to it. Willard Gibbs is not mentioned. In fact Einstein's paper was written in ignorance of Gibbs paper published 1901. In the present paper Einstein builds the theory on another basis not used by Gibbs namely on the consideration of a single system in course of time later called "Zeit-Gesamtheit" time assembly and proves that this is equivalent to a certain virtual assembly of many systems Gibb's micro-canonical assembly.Einstein at once proceeded to apply his theorems to a case of utmost importance namely to systems of a size suited for demonstrating the reality of molecules and the correctness of the kinetic theory of matter."Walter Alicke. First edition of Einsteins fourth paper. In his paper from 1902 Einstein "says in his introduction that nobody has yet succeeded in deriving the conditions of thermal equilibrium and of the second law of thermodynamics from probability considerations although Maxwell and Boltzmann came near to it. Willard Gibbs is not mentioned. In fact Einstein's paper was written in ignorance of Gibbs paper published 1901. In the present paper Einstein builds the theory on another basis not used by Gibbs namely on the consideration of a single system in course of time later called "Zeit-Gesamtheit" time assembly and proves that this is equivalent to a certain virtual assembly of many systems Gibb's micro-canonical assembly.Einstein at once proceeded to apply his theorems to a case of utmost importance namely to systems of a size suited for demonstrating the reality of molecules and the correctness of the kinetic theory of matter."Walter Alicke. - Weil No. 4 - Boni No 4. hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 38818Leipzig J.A. Barth 1904. Contemp. hcloth tears to hinges at upper part of spine. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 14. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude". VIII1040 pp. and 3 plates. The Einstein paper: pp. 354-362. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered. First edition of Einstein's fifth work. "It was in this last of his early series of papers before the announcement of the theory of relativity in 1905 that Einstein introduced a new theme. Einstein asked for the physical significance of the constant now known as Boltzmann's konstant 'k'.It was already well known from the theory of the ideal gas that 'k' was simply related to the gas constant 'R' and to Avogardo's number the number of molecules in a gram-molecular weight of any substance. Einstein showed that 'k' entered into still another basic equation of the statistical theory the expression for the mean square fluctuation of the energy about its average value. This meant that 'k' determines the thermal stability of a system.the paper contains the seeds of much of his later work.Walter Alicke. - Weil No 5. hardcover
1920Best.-Nr. 38643Berlin Julius Springer 1920. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. 15 1 pp. Clean and fine near mint condition. First edition. - Weil: 111. unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 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
1926Best.-Nr. 38843Berlin Julius Springer 1926. 4to. Contemp. hcloth. Some wear to binding. "Die Naturwisenschaften. Hrsg. von Arnold Berliner. Vierzehnter Jahrgang". XXVIII128644 pp. Einstein papers: pp. 223-224 and 300-301. Bohr paper pp. 1-10. The whole volume offred. All 3 papers in first edition. - Weil Nos 150;154. hardcover
1887Best.-Nr. 48810Leipzig Barth 1887-91. 8vo. No wrappers. 4 papers. In: "Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Hrsg. von G. Wiedemann" Neue Folge Bd. XXX No. 4 XXXI No 6 XXXII No. 11 XLIV No. 11. - Pp. 545-704 a. 1 plate pp. 145-336 a. 1 plate pp. 337-528 a. 1 plate pp. 385-576 a. 1 plate. With titlepge to vol. XXX htitlepage to vol. XXXI titlepage to vol. XXXII and titlepage to vol. XLIV. Titlepages with a stamp and on verso. Planck's papers: pp. 562-582 pp. 189-203 pp. 462-503 and pp. 385-428. Clean copies. First appearance of all 4 papers constituting Planck's seminal papers on entropy carrying the general title "On the principles of Increase of Entropy" in which he applied the second law of thermodynamics to chemical problems."His goal was as he said in the first paper of the series to carry further the "grand generalization" of Helmholtz Josiah Willard Gibbs and others: like the first principle of the mechanical heat theory the second the "Carnot-Clausius" principle applies not only to heat phenomena but to all kinds of physical and chemical phenomena; and because the second principle applies not only to reversible processes but also to irreversible or "natural" processes it applies to all processes whatsoever."Jungnickel and McCormach "Intellectual Mastery of Nature vol. 2 pp. 52 ff.What Einstein admired and called Planck's "first great scientific discovery" was the generality of its formulas which contain all that can be derived from pure thermodynamic principles. Einstein referred to the third paper in this series with the title "Gesetze des Eintritts beliebiger thermodynamischer und chemischer Reactionen"Akademie Nos. 8910 and 20. unknown