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1955ref. 33706New York: The Ram Press 1955. 1st Edition - Limited. 1st Edition - Limited. We are going to experience another full Solar Eclipse April 8 2024. This volume was to celebrate Albert Einstein and the Solar Eclipse of Jun 30 1954 and June 20 1955. Unusual Signed Kilfitt/Zoomar Eclipse Book with original Einstein Frank Back Photo. 8vo 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" 40pp signed and inscribed by Dr. Back on the second free endpaper. "To Leslie and Duke. We should never make statements witch are not planned correct and checked by us .we should not impress by telling sometime .stories in order to make contributions or to say something. Talking is silence. "Silence is gold" Wish you the very best from the heart. T F Back sept 11 1965" A fine copy in handmade decorative paper covered boards printed glossy paper label on the upper cover limited edition of 3000 copies in the original glassine outer wrapper showing some light sunning. This volume was dedicated to Albert Einstein and is the only book that was ever written by "The Father of the Zoom Lens". With / An original black & white silver gelatin 5 x 7 photograph of Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. Frank Gerald Back seated together in very fine condition acquired directly from Dr. Back's estate. This photograph was taken circa 1954 and is one of the images published in this limited edition. With An 18" x 22" blueprint folded of the Solar Eclipse Spectrograph size "C" drawing. It was made from the original drawing dated 4/1/55 drawn by Zoomar's Chief Designer Alfred Joseph Quittner "AJQ" & approved by Dr. Back "FGB". A very interesting package indeed. Dr. Back was a very close friend of Albert Einstein. Dr. Einstein persuaded the author to take the trip commemorated in this beautifully produced volume in order to capture the total eclipse of the sun which occurred on June 20 1955. Dr. Back intended to provide conclusive evidence for Einstein's theory of relativity by calculating the optical distortion if any of starlight caused by the sun's gravity. Earlier in 1919 Einstein's general relativity principles were supported by observations of a solar eclipse. The two scientists conferred on the project for over a year. Armed with a special Zoomar designed & built wide-angle solar-eclipse spectrograph Dr. Back was off to the Philippine Islands to board a military jet & chase the eclipse. Einstein however died while Back was on his way to Manila. Unable to report the excursion to his friend Dr. Back dedicated this book to his memory. Dr. Frank Back held over 200 patents directly relating to photographic equipment. He was the founder & president of Zoomar Inc. The photographic term " zoom" was derived from Zoomar. Dr. Back created the first widely used zoom lenses for motion picture and television; then in 1959 introduced the first zoom lens for still cameras with the introduction of the 36-82mm/f2.8 Voigtlander Zoomar. Dr. Back & Zoomar purchased the great Heinz Kilfitt optical factory of Munich Germany in 1966 & it became a subsidiary of Zoomar Inc. This volume was never widely distributed & when Zoomar Inc. ceased operations at Glen Cove Long Island many cases of this book were discovered & unceremoniously trashed. The existing number of copies is unknown but the book is not frequently encountered. This copy came from the personal estate of Dr. Frank Gerald Back & it is one of the few copies signed by him. An excellent example suited for collectors of Science Astronomy Einstein Zoomar or Photographic History in general. In a lovely custom clamshell case with a window insert displaying the original Einstein/Back photo. On page 13 there is a typo. He wrote July 301954 instead of June 30 1954 and was never changed. The Ram Press unknown
1940ref. LFA-126716016Un ouvrage de 55 pages, format 140 x 210 mm, broché, publié en 1940, Dunod, bon état, rare
ref. 14497Softcover. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History c1996 spiral-bound paperback about 8½x11 Fine 70 pages QUILTS QUILTING AMISH CULTURE; E2555 . paperback
1951ref. 153420Tel-Aviv: Israeli Music Publications 1951. First edition of the published facsimile score of Menachem Avidom’s Symphony No. 2 “David” together with the painted calligraphic broadside dedicating the symphony to Albert Einstein. Folio the manuscript orchestral score reproduced in facsimile spiral bound in plain black boards published by Israeli Music Publications of Tel-Aviv. Accompanied by an elaborate painted calligraphic presentation broadside by the artist Sol Nodel reading “Symphony No. 2 ‘David’ dedicated to Albert Einstein for his inspiration to the Jewish people and to all humanity by the composer Menahem Avidom and presented by the American Fund for Israel Institutions on the occasion of the American tour of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra January February March 1951.” The broadside is additionally inscribed by the composer in black ink at the top left corner “To the greatest man in our generation Prof. A. Einstein humbly from the Composer M. Avidom Princeton 10/1/51.” The symphony was dedicated to Albert Einstein for his inspiration to the Jewish people and to all humanity. Einstein the most celebrated scientist of the twentieth century was also a lifelong and devoted musician a gifted violinist who adored Mozart and revered Bach and who once said that had he not been a scientist he would have become a musician and that the greatest joy of his life had come to him from his violin. A passionate champion of Jewish cultural and educational causes and of the young State of Israel he was among the founders of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and lent his name and moral authority to the building of its institutions. The presentation of Avidom’s score took place during the first American tour of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in the opening months of 1951 when the orchestra led by Leonard Bernstein and Serge Koussevitzky gave fifty-three concerts in forty cities. Together with an original photograph showing the composer presenting the broadside to Einstein and a photocopy of a 1986 letter recording that the score and broadside were the gift of Einstein’s daughter Margot Einstein. In very good condition with light toning and soiling the front cover of the spiral-bound score detached. A remarkable Einstein association uniting a dedicated symphonic score its presentation broadside and a photograph of the moment it was given to him. Menachem Avidom 1908-1995 was one of the founding figures of modern Israeli classical music. Born Menahem Mahler-Kalkstein in Stanislaviv then part of Austria-Hungary he was reportedly a cousin of the composer Gustav Mahler. He studied in Paris and spent several years in Egypt an experience that led him to look beyond the European traditions in which he had been trained. In 1939 he wrote arrangements for the Yemenite-Jewish singer Bracha Zefira and the encounter kindled a lasting interest in fusing Middle Eastern and European musical idioms. In 1944 he produced a series of works in this new style that shaped the rest of his career and helped lay the groundwork for later Mizrahi and Sephardic composers in Israel. From 1945 he served as general secretary of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1955 he was named director of ACUM the Israeli performing rights society. His Symphony No. 2 “David” drawing on the biblical shepherd king is among his best-known works and the present copy presented and inscribed to Albert Einstein is the most storied of its kind. Israeli Music Publications hardcover
2021Albert Einstein è stato uno dei promotori del movimento per la pace in Europa all’inizio del XX secolo, denunciando instancabilmente l’imperfezione della nostra società determinata dalla presenza di una istituzione primitiva come la guerra, e dedicando le sue energie alla messa al bando della guerra stessa. Dopo l’ascesa al potere di Hitler, ha però abbandonato il pacifismo per abbracciare una visione federalista, secondo la quale la causa principale della guerra risiede nella divisione del mondo in stati sovrani e l’unico possibile veicolo di pace non può essere che il governo mondiale. Questo libro si occupa della visione di Einstein sulla guerra e sulla pace, e traccia l’evoluzione del suo pensiero su tali questioni, frutto dei numerosi confronti con fisici come Bohr, Planck e Szilard e intellettuali come Dewey, Freud, Gandhi, Mann Mumford, Rolland, Russell, Schweitzer e Tagore. I concetti chiave al centro di queste discussioni sono stati le cause della guerra – incluso il dibattito Einstein-Freud sulle ragioni psicologiche e politiche della guerra – e i mezzi per prevenirla, la distinzione tra antimilitarismo, pacifismo, internazionalismo e federalismo, la linea di demarcazione tra organizzazioni intergovernative e organizzazioni sovranazionali. Prefazione di Giampiero Bordino. Curatori: Lucio Levi. Prefazione: Giampiero Bordino.
2003ref. Ein0032Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. - kartoniert, 649 S. - Ecken leicht bestossen, Schnitt mit geringf. Lagerungsspuren, Besitzervermerk auf Titel - gr. 8° Buch kartoniert
2021Una pura teoria di relazioni tra singolarità. Se la filosofia antica cercava gli attributi assoluti ed essenziali credendo di aver scovato le sostanze universali per sé stanti, la logica einsteiniana si presenta come una pura teoria di relazioni tra singolarità, molto lontana da quel “che cosa è?” tanto da mettere in dubbio il valore dello stesso principio aristotelico su cui il filosofo greco aveva fondato parte del suo sapere: il principio di non-contraddizione. Infatti alla domanda “che cosa è la luce?” Einstein risponderà che “essa si manifesta sotto due sembianze”, per cui, se da una parte si allontana dalla domanda sul “che cosa è?”, dall’altra ammette la complementarietà di manifestazione della realtà: la luce si presenta vuoi come onda e vuoi come corpuscolo, prendendo egli dunque le distanze dal principio di non-contraddizione aristotelico. Autori: Armando Girotti.
2016Antonio Acin Capire Einstein - dall'intuizione alle onde gravitazionali. , Hachette 2016, Copertina rigida plastificata; pagine integre con immagini illustrative; il libro si presenta in buone condizioni Molto buono (Very Good) . Copertina rigida 143
2016Antonio Acin Capire Einstein: Dall'intuizione alle onde gravitazionali. , hacette 2016, libro complessivamente in ottime condizioni Buono (Good) . 137
1931ref. 909Z26London: Thornton Butterworth Limited 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. The first UK edition later state binding of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist Albert Einstein with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. The very scarce first UK edition in a variant binding. First published in the U.S in 1930 by Albert & Charles Boni.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding.This interesting biography on the noted theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was written by Rudolf Kayser under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Kayser was the husband of Einstein's stepdaughter. The work also includes a foreword written by Albert Einstein himself. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking dust wrapper. Externally excellent with fading to the spine a lean and slight bumping. Past owner's signature to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with generally clean and age toned pages with spotting to the title page. Very Good Indeed Thornton Butterworth Limited hardcover
1956EINAUDI 1956 266 PP. SEGNI DEL TEMPO, LIEVISSIMA MANCANZA ALL'APICE DEL DORSO DELLA SOVRACCOPERTA, PERALTRO SCOLORITA, LIEVI FIORITURE ALLA PRIMA BIANCA, NEL COMPLESSO BUONE CONDIZIONI
1926ref. 53991926 broché (paperback) in-octavo, dos et couverture rouges imprimés (spine and cover printed), gouttière non coupée (fore-edge uncut), illustrations : figures in-texte (pictures in text), 126 pages, 1926 à Paris Librairie Stock,
ref. EL209University Press of America 1990. hbk 88pp no dj as issued fine cloth boards excellent as new University Press of America, 1990. hardcover
2004ref. 24035Huntsville Texas U.S.A.: Office of Intl Criminal Justice 2004. Trade paperback in fine condition. Soft cover. Fine. Huntsville, Texas, U.S.A.: Office of Intl Criminal Justice Paperback
2025ref. __0262553600Mit Pr 2025. Paperback. New. 328 pages. 9.00x6.00 inches. Mit Pr paperback
1990Mm 105x180 Brossura editoriale di pp. 113, collana Ritmi, 34, in stato di nuovo. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
1922La storia dell'evoluzione del pensiero scientifico moderno, il valore filosofico del pensiero di Einstein. Brossura editoriale a stampa, pp. 120, in 16°
ref. 6820348Princeton University Press . Hardback. New. pp. xxviii 578 Index Princeton University Press hardcover
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1954ref. 005224Desclée De Brouwer broché Couverture Illustrée Paris 1954 589 pages en format 14 - 21 cm - portraits et notes musicales
ref. M3425PMBROCHE EN ETAT CORRECT. COUVERTURE USEE, PLIS ET FROTTEMENTS MARQUES, ADHESIFS JAUNIS EN HAUT ET EN BAS DU DOS. ROUSSEURS SUR LES PREMIERES ET DERNIERES PAGES. CONTENU PROPRE. DESCLEE DE BROUWER, 1954. 594 PAGES. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE
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
ref. ria9780313273636_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
1989ref. BN586969VEB Breitkopf & Härtel 1989. 1989. Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts nebst Angabe der verlorengegangenen angefangenen übertragenen zweifelhaften und unterschobenen Kompositionen = Köchelverzeichnis Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts nebst Angabe der verlorengegangenen angefangenen übertragenen zweifelhaften und unterschobenen Kompositionen = Köchelverzeichnis Alfred Einstein ed. Ludwig Ritter von Köchel VEB Breitkopf & Härtel unknown
1992ref. BN255921J.B. Metzler Part of Springer Nature - Springer-Verlag GmbH 1992. 1992. Die Romantik in der Musik Die Romantik in der Musik Alfred Einstein J.B. Metzler, Part of Springer Nature - Springer-Verlag GmbH unknown
