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1928Best.-Nr. 038046Berlin DE: Propylaen 1928. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. None. Text in German. Second edition with additional illustrations to the first edition. 576pp with numerous black and white plate illustrations and several mounted tipped in and tissue-guarded colour plates. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt decoration and lettering on red and black relief on spine. Marbled endpapers. Heavy 4to. Boards are generally clean and crips a little rubbed and faded over spine. Internally a hint of toning with some faint staining affecting the lower margin of text pages not affecting plates and illustrations. A few minor signs of handling. This copy from the library of Turkish-born artist Anita Rambonnet-Da Ponte 1895-1955 with her bookplate on the front paste down. One the first significant assessment of modernism in art from controversial art critic Carl Einstein also known as Savine Ree Urian 1885-1940. Sculptor Ernesto de Fiori is said to have slammed a copy of this heavy volume over Einstein's head because he was described as 'decently mediocre'. Beautiful illustrations. Propylaen hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 017878Berlin: I M Proprylaen Verlag 1928. Second Edition. . Hard Bound. Good. Good in boards showing some rubbing no dust jacket. The backstrip is missing. Brief starting to front hinge and to first page and towards back. Pages and hundreds of art reproductions and prints in very good condition. 43 color prints pasted in and still retain bright colors and no flaws. Rare and fascinating volume published by a Jewish publisher whose company was taken over by the Nazis in the 1930s. After WWII the Ullstein family regained the publishing company and sold it to Random House 2003. Comprehensive collection of early twentieth-century European art. German language. 576 p. I M Proprylaen Verlag unknown
Best.-Nr. 3379001694.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 16801hardback. Fine. Illustrated. 4to. 2nd ed. Berlin Propylaen 1928. 1/2-morocco somewhat rubbed internally a fine copy. Coloured plates tipped in. In German. Weight: 5lbs. Extra shipping will apply. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 9476EINSTEIN Carl. DIE KUNST DES 20 JAHRHUNDERTS. Berlin: Im Propylaen 1926. 4to. Cloth spine boards. 575 1 pages 43 plates. First edition. Arntzen I-19. An illustrated survey of 20th-century art featuring the work of Andre Derain Picasso Braque Juan Gris and others including 43 color photographs. Covers rubbed ex-library copy with markings front hinge internally cracked else good. unknown
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. a108102Berlin 1927 first edition. Springer. Hardcover 4to. 3/4 green cloth with grey and grey marbled boards. Includes: Einstein "Newtons Mechanik und ihr Einfluss auf die Gestaltung der theoretischen Physik"; Max Born "Quantenmechanik und Statistik"; Max Planck "Die Physikalische Realitat der Lichtquanten"; Sommerfeld "Zur elektronentheorie der Metalle" and much more. VG no owner marks; text clean; hinges not cracked front hinge tender light board edge wear. . hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 003232Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1914. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. Nick in spine; ink stamp on front pastedown. First Edition. Very Good. J. A. Barth hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 003219Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1907. In Annalen der Physik Vierte Folge Band 22. First Edition. Contemporary Cloth. Very Good. J. A. Barth Hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 38828Berlin J.A. Barth 1907. Contemp. hcloth. Light wear to top of spine. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 22" Engraved portrait of Pierre Curie. VIII1016 pp. and 4 plates. Einstein papers. pp. 180-190 pp. 569-572 and p.800. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered. All papers in first edition. "From 1905 through 1909 Einstein published five major papers on the hypothesis of energy quanta its theoretical implications and its use in the explanation of various phenomena. Among these papers we have his importent paper "Die Plancksche." and in his second paper from 1906d he asserted that Planck's derivation implicitly assumes quantification of the enrgies of charged oscillators. Now in the paper offered he returned to this question showing that if the structure function in phase space he had introduced earlier is assumed to restrict the oscillators to orbits with energies that are integral mulætiples of 'hv' then the average oscillator energy in a canonical ensemble yealds Planck's law when substituted in eg. The works contains the first systematic introduction of probability factors in the mathematics of Quantum Theory.The second paper represents Einstein's third stage in dealing with brownian motion. He had previous explained the zigzag motion of suspended particles and looked as this penomenon from a more general angle. In the present investigation he extends his reults to all macroscopic parameters by giving a general principle for the calculation of theit fluctuations. Weil: nos 15 1-2 with an asterix a. 16. hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 47020Berlin J.A. Barth 1907. 8vo. 2 issues to both the original printed yellow wrappers. No backstrip. Wrappers loose. In: "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 22" No. 1. and No. 4. Pp. 1-208 1 fold. plate a. 1 portrait P. Curie a. pp. 609-800 1 plate. Entire issues offered. Einsteins paper: pp. 180-190 and p. 800. Astamp to verso of plates and a few leaves. THE PRINTED WRAPPERS LOOSE. First printing of a major paper in Quantum Theory introducing the first systematic introduction of probability factors in Quantum Theory."From 1905 through 1909 Einstein published five major papers on the hypothesis of energy quanta its theoretical implications and its use in the explanation of various phenomena. Among these papers we have his importent paper "Die Plancksche." and in his second paper from 1906d he asserted that Planck's derivation implicitly assumes quantification of the enrgies of charged oscillators. Now in the paper offered he returned to this question showing that if the structure function in phase space he had introduced earlier is assumed to restrict the oscillators to orbits with energies that are integral mulætiples of 'hv' then the average oscillator energy in a canonical ensemble yealds Planck's law when substituted in eg. The works contains the first systematic introduction of probability factors in the mathematics of Quantum Theory." Weil: nos 15 1-2 with an asterix denoting a major paper. - Boni: 15. unknown
1925Best.-Nr. 140941837Berlin: No Publisher 1925. Revised edition. 783-797 pp. Publisher's original printed wrappers. About Very Good with thin tear along front wrap fold near head a little chipping to wraps at spine front wrap hinge fragile contents toned with age. This copy belonged to Hans Albert Einstein Albert Einstein's oldest son with his inkstamp at top of front wrapper; likely a presentation copy from his father. Neatly written at top of front wrapper are "41" and 163." Very rare author's offprint from Die Kulture der Gegenwart of an essay on relativity theory which was first published in 1914 revised to incorporate Einstein's later research. OCLC/WorldCat locates no physical copies. Weil 71. [No Publisher] unknown
1950Best.-Nr. 3214Vaduz 1950. Gr.-8°. Ln. Varia unknown
Best.-Nr. a111762Berlin 1926 first edition. Single issue for 12 Marz 1926. 4to wraps. Einstein article p. 223-224 with 3 small text line drawings. VG no owner marks. . paperback
Best.-Nr. a98474Berlin 1926 first edition. Single issue for 12 Marz 1926. 4to wraps. Einstein article p. 223-224 with 3 small text line drawings. Fine. no owner marks. . paperback
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
1926Best.-Nr. 43839Berlin Julius Springer 1926. Lex8vo. In "Die Naturwissenschaften" Vierzehnter Jahrgang 1926. Entire volume offered bound in a nice contemporary half calf with five raised band and gilt lettering to spine. Minor wear to capitals otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Einstein: Pp. 223-24; Pp. 300-1; Bohr: Pp. 1-10. Entire volume: XXVIII 1286 72 pp. First edition of all three papers. In the first paper Einstein explains the causes behind Baer's law: Due to the rotation of the earth erosion occurs mostly on the right banks of rivers in the Nothern Hemisphere while in the Southern Hemisphere erosion occurs primarily on the left banks. Weil Nos 150;154 unknown
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1922Best.-Nr. 139418Paris: Les Éditions G. Crès & Cie 1922. 32p. 48 b&w plates text in French pencil notes denoting country/region of origin of the artworks first edition in worn 10x7 inch paper boards with inkstains rough chipping to spine else good condition. Questo Volume è Apparso Nello Serie Orbis Pictus. Les Éditions G. Crès & Cie unknown
1983Best.-Nr. DADAX3795763843Eulenburg 1983-09-01. paperback. New. 5.50x1.57x7.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Eulenburg paperback
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2013Best.-Nr. DADAX1489908900Springer 2013-05-30. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989. paperback. New. 6.10x0.91x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer paperback
1989Best.-Nr. DADAX0306413787Springer 1989-01-01. 1989. hardcover. New. 7.00x1.00x10.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 1576McGraw-Hill 1946. 1st Edition. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS THE FIRST PUBLICATION BY EINSTEIN OF THE FAMILIAR EQUATION E=mc2 IN THAT SPECIFIC FORM. Eight months after Hiroshima the editors of Science Illustrated turned to Albert Einstein to explain "the form of the energy that destroyed Hiroshima;" "to explain in his own words what takes place in the operation of his law" Science Illustrated 1 1 pp. 17 April 1946. The editors believed that given the deployment of two nuclear weapons "average citizens" wanted at least a layman's understanding of the mathematical law that enabled atomic explosions so that they were better able to understand the destruction the bombs unleashed ibid. The mathematical equation or law in question was one Einstein published in 1905 in his Theory of Special Relativity but the form in which it was then written was longer and more complex. In the paper offered here Einstein presents the equation we all now know a shorter more understandable derivation of his equation based upon the law of the conservation of momentum the pressure of radiation and the aberration of light: E = mc2. In layman's terms Einstein also explains the equivalence of mass and energy and discusses the profound 'urgent' implications of his principle ibid. In this article Einstein writes: "'What takes place can be illustrated with the help of our rich man. The atom M is a rich miser who during his life gives away no money energy. But in his will he bequeaths his fortune to his sons M' and M'' on condition that they give to the community a small amount less than one thousandth of the whole estate energy or mass. The sons together have somewhat less than the father had the mass sum M' M'' is somewhat smaller than the mass M of the radioactive atom. But the part given to the community though relatively small is still so enormously large considered as kinetic energy that it brings with it a great threat of evil. Averting that threat has become the most urgent problem of our time" ibid. CONDITION & DETAILS: Complete issue bound in its original wrappers. 4to. pp. 1-128. Very slighy scuffing to the front wrap. There are no address labels. Bright and very clean throughout. McGraw-Hill unknown