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1933ref. 19458Geneva: Institut International De Cooperation Intellectuelle 1933 French language first edition. This rare and virtually impossible book in hardcover to find is a first edition written by Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud from a letter exchange they had as a plea for no war again in Europe. It was published in 1933 simultaneously in English Why War French and German for a total printing of 3000 copies. The 2000 copies in German were seized by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in 1933 and banned for sale and distribution and were burned. This is an extremely rare book and is only seen in a reprint. This is the French first edition published in Geneva Switzerland in 1933. Green woven cloth exterior with small black spine label in near fine unmarked condition. "Einstein-Freud Pourquoi La Guerre" on spine label. This copy was found in a bookstall in 2009 in Rome Italy. This book is copy No 392 /3000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Institut International De Cooperation Intellectuelle hardcover
1950ref. 15962New York: Philosophical Library. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ browned and with light chipping especially to DJ spine ends; The beliefs and philosophies of the noted scientist from essays published 1934-1950.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages . 1950. Philosophical Library hardcover
ref. 6655822Oxford University Press OUP . Papeback. New. pp. 512 Oxford University Press OUP unknown
ref. 61075615MacMillan . Hardback. New. pp. xxxii 235 MacMillan hardcover
ref. 2511RS031Mise a la portée de tout le monde. Traduit dAprès la douzième édition allemande par M J. Rouvière Licenciée ès sciences mathématiques. Avec une Préface de M. Émile Borel. Actualites Scientigiques. Gauthier-Villars et C Éditeurs. Paris. 1921. De 195x12 cm. Com xxii 120 págs. Brochado. Ilustrado com cálculos matemáticos. Exemplar com manchas de humidade assinatura de posse na capa anterior e carimbo oleográfico de posse na folha de guarda. Páginas em numeração romana com prefácio de Emile Borel e do autor e um pequeno suplemento da 3.ª edição. Obra em 33 capítulos divididos em três partes: Première Partie: La Realtivité Restreinte; Deuxième Partie: La Théorie de Relativité Généralisée; Réflexions sur lUnivers Considéré Comme un Tout. índice geral nas páginas finais. SACO RS782-22 unknown
ref. ABE-1752751861435FOLIO A most attractive and beautifully produced Folio edition. As new in slipcase. FIRST PRINTING THUS. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. FOLIO hardcover
ref. 123663London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1920 1st English edition. Leatherbound xiii 3 138pp 2 8pp. Near fine. 12mo. Rebound in striking red leather; spine with raised bands ruled in gilt each compartment with decorative device in gilt author and title compartments lettered in gilt; top and bottom boards with simple single-rule border in gilt. Binding tight; seemingly scarcely opened. Top-edge gilt. Foxing to fore-edge and bottom-edge. Foxing to half-title; else with only occasional spot of foxing at fore-margin and bottom-margin corresponding from edge. Internally remarkably clean. Portrait frontispiece. Diagrams formulae. With original 8pp of adverts bound at rear. An exceedingly collectible copy of this seminal work; truly the importance of this work cannot be overstated. In specific regards to this edition in addition to being the First English translation of Einstein's paradigm shifting work it includes new text which was written by Einstein specifically for this edition at the request of the translator Appendix III: "The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity". The fourth appendix "The Structure of Space according to the General Theory of Relativity" didn't appear in an English edition until the 14th edition 1946. Relativity 100th Anniversary Edition Princeton UP p.xx. Methuen & Co. Ltd. Hardcover
1953ref. GB0000CIJJXI3N01Cassell 1953. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Cassell hardcover
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ref. ria9780691048499_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Opens in spring 1914 when Einstein takes up a research professorship at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin and closes with the collapse of the German Empire four and one-half years later. The letters collected here touch on vari hardcover
ref. A9780691128269Paperback / softback. New. Presents letters written by Einstein's sons the adolescent Hans Albert and little Eduard and numerous letters written by Einstein to his cousin and future second wife Elsa Einstein. Combined with correspondence with his close friend Heinrich Zangger this supplementary correspondence provides details of Einstein's private life. paperback
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1999ref. __0691048495Princeton Univ Pr 1999. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 1200 pages. 10.50x8.25x3.00 inches. Princeton Univ Pr hardcover
ref. 6572985Sage Publications . Papeback. New. pp. 280 1st Edition Sage Publications unknown
1952ref. 3091Princeton: np 1952. First edition. no binding. Very Good. EXTRAORDINARY EINSTEIN LETTER IN ENGLISH EXPLAINING SIMULTANEITY ONE OF THE CENTRAL TENETS OF RELATIVITY THEORY. Einstein's "1905 paper on special relativity is widely regarded as having destroyed the classical conceptions of absolute time and space along with absolute simultaneity and absolute length which had reigned in physics from the times of Galileo and Newton to the dawn of the twentieth century. The Special Theory teaches us that simultaneity is not as we supposed an absolute concept but is always relative to some inertial frame of reference. If we change the inertial frame of reference we change the events to be reckoned simultaneous." -Craig and Smith Einstein Relativity and Absolute Simultaneity The concept of simultaneity lies at the core of relativity theory. The very first sub-section of Einstein's legendary 1905 paper on Special Relativity is introduced by the title "Definition of Simultaneity" and "in the second paragraph of his 1905 relativity paper Einstein proved that simultaneity as defined in the first paragraph is a relative concept. This means as Einstein explained that 'we must not ascribe absolute meaning to the concept of simultaneity; instead two events that are simultaneous when observed from some particular coordinate system can no longer be considered simultaneous when observed from a system that is moving relative to that system.' In these words Einstein for the first time offered an explicit definition of what he means when he speaks of a relative concept. As we see it is a concept whose validity depends on the coordinate system chosen or in brief it is a frame-dependent concept. Simultaneity is no longer a binary relation depending also on the coordinate-frame involved. Furthermore Einstein's proof of the relativity of simultaneity in this paragraph is the first ever published rigorous proof of the relativity of a physical concept. The relativity of simultaneity became also the first major subject of dispute between proponents and opponents of the theory of relativity" Max Jammer Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond. When Einstein expanded his relativity theory into his General Theory of 1916 the notion of simultaneity became less well-defined and more problematic and therefore much-debated. Einstein in the present letter is answering a question from Dr. Waldron Gardiner a physician apparently without any particular expertise in relativity theory about the concept of simultaneity in space the domain of general relativity. Dated July 10 1952 the letter reads in full: Dear Sir: "Your difficulty stems from the fact that you do not distinguish between general and special theory of relativity the latter being a limit case where you neglect gravitation. In the latter case there are special coordinate systems inertial systems and with respect to such system the concept of simultaneity has a sharp meaning and can be defined empirically by light signals. In general relativity the space and time coordinates have no direct physical meaning so that also the concept of simultaneity of spatially distant events has no physical meaning. Physical meaning can be attributed to this concept only in certain special cases which are characterized by certain symmetry qualities. Such case is not realized in nature. But in those idealizations which we use to represent expanding space there are coordinate systems representing space-time in the mathematically simplest form. With respect to such coordinate systems simultaneity has meaning but the definition of simultaneity as defined in special relativity theory is out of place here. Very sincerely yours SignedA. Einstein PrintedAlbert Einstein In short Einstein is explaining to Dr. Gardiner that since "space and time coordinates have no direct physical meaning" in cosmological terms i.e. there are no frames of reference that cover all of space his understanding of simultaneity in general relativity is flawed and based on the model of special relativity "a limit case" achieved only through a reductive and localized application of general relativity. Einstein concludes the letter with the provocative comment that in idealized systems representing expanding space simultaneity has meaning and in fact this "meaning" of simultaneity in general relativity has become a fertile area of exploration over the years see Jammer ibid. Note: A carbon of Dr. Gardiner's original letter to Einstein is included. Princeton: July 10 1952. One 8.5 x 11 inch page of Einstein's Institute for Advanced Study letterhead. Signed "A. Einstein" in ink. Date corrected from July 9th to July 10th. Usual but very light folds small spot of soiling at top left corner; a tiny bit of toning to extreme edges. Housed in custom presentation folder. LETTERS BY EINSTEIN DISCUSSING MAJOR ELEMENTS OF RELATIVITY PARTICULARLY IN ENGLISH ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE. np unknown
1961ref. mon0004262940Crown 1/1/1961 12:00:00 AM. hardcover. Good. . General shelf/ handling wear to the dust jacket/ cover and pages. Some tanning/ foxing to the pages and/or page edges.rn Crown hardcover
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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. A9780691121246Paperback / softback. New. Set in the turbulent post-World War I period this volume finds Einstein awaiting news of the 1919 British eclipse expedition to test the general relativistic prediction of the deflection of starlight by the sun. It reveals facets of Einstein as he constructively participated in German and European scientific academic and cultural life. paperback
ref. A9780691000992Paperback / softback. New. Documents Albert Einstein's scientific activity: his concentration for years on the unfathomable problems of quanta and radiation his knowledge of experimental physics his many fruitful interactions with experimentalists and his struggle to generalize the 1905 theory of relativity to include gravitation and accelerated frames of reference. paperback
ref. 952575Braunschweig Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn 1956. 1. Auflage. Mit 6 Abbildungen. unknown
ref. 952659Written by Albert Einstein for an exhibition in memory of H. A. Lorentz and H. Kamerlingh Onnes in 1953 in Leiden. With a portrait of Lorentz and a photo of Lorentz and Einstein made in Leiden in 1921 by P. Ehrenfest. 8 text pages. Wrappers. unknown
ref. A9780691084756Paperback / softback. New. Presents material on the young Einstein. In addition to Einstein's known correspondence and other writings from this period this volume includes the relevant portions of third-party letters and other contemporary documents that provide additional information. paperback
