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1933180322Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 1933. First edition offprint issue of the second of Einstein and Mayer's four classic papers on semi-vectors in which they aimed to incorporate the Dirac equation into the general theory of relativity. "By introducing semi-vectors Einstein wanted to arrive at a mathematically simpler and more general formulation of spinors. The semi-vector generalization of the Dirac equation was thought to give a unified description of charged elementary particles in particular of the electron and proton. In their second semi-vector paper Einstein and Mayer were on the lookout for the most general Dirac system possible for the semivector" Van Dongen pp. 103-11. Large octavo pp. 20. Original cream wrappers front wrapper printed in black. Wire-stitching sometime removed front wrappers lightly soiled: a very good copy. Boni 222; Weil 191. Jeroen van Dongen Einstein's Unification 2010. unknown
1909662931909. Physik. Zschr. 10. - Leipzig Verlag von S. Hirzel 1909 4° XXII 2 1040 pp. mit Textabbildungen und 26 Tafeln Halbleinenband d.Zt.; St.a.Tit. feines Expl. A LANDMARK W. PAULI FIRST EDITION "of this extensive paper given as lecture before the 81st assembly of the "Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher" in Salzburg on 21st September 1909. He spoke on "The Development of Our View of the Nature and Constitution of Radiation" a topic that embraced both relativity and quanta. Among those who attended Einstein's lecture were some of the world's foremost physicists. In Einstein's austere opinion his address regarded strictly as a work of science was of little importance since as he writes to a co-worker it contained nothing new. Einstein was being overmodest. Besides to many in Einstein's audience and it should be born in mind that it was the year after Minkowski's stirring introduction of the concept of the fourth dimension this Lecture came as a revelation. The occasion was important for Einstein too. He had been working for years in a sort of scientific exile and his curiosity as to what great scientists were like in face-to-face discussion was at least as great as their curiosity about him. His confidence in himself was certainly not harmed when he found that he was able to hold his own easily in their company. Moreover at this congress Einstein first met Planck. In addition he made new'lasting friendships leading to a voluminous scientific correspondence. Amongst those attending the congress were Max von Laue Max Born. Arnold Sommerfeld Hasnohrl. Ladenburg. Max von Laue was to be the first to publish in 1911 the first text-book on relativity theory. All of them are present in this issue with scientific papers of their own." Walter Alicke Weil No. 30; Schilpp-Shields No. 30; Hoffmann Einstein p. 93; Alicke Nr. 34 unknown
19142124Berlin: Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1914. FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT. Original wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE of Einstein's important 1914 paper on the development of general relativity. "In summer 1914 Einstein felt that the new theory general relativity should be presented in a comprehensive review. He also felt that a mathematical derivation of the field equations that would determine them uniquely was still missing. "Both tasks are addressed in a long paper presented in October 1914 to the Prussian Academy for publication in its Sitzungsberichte. It is entitled 'The formal foundation of the general theory of relativity'; here for the first time Einstein gave the new theory of relativity the epithet 'general' in lieu of the more cautious 'generalized' that he had used for the Entwurf" Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940. "According to John Norton 'How Einstein Found His Field Equations' this major review article was intended to convey the full content of the 1913 'Entwurf' theory: 'The principal novelty lies in the mathematical formulation of the theory. Drawing on earlier work with Marcel Grossman Einstein formulated his gravitational field equations using a variation principle. Using this richer mathematical structure Einstein offered a proof purporting to demonstrate that his theory had the maximum covariance compatible with the hole argument; that is covariance under 'justified' transformation between the 'adapted coordinate systems' he had introduced with Grossman'" Calaprice The Einstein Almanac. Offprint from: Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften XLI 19 November 1914 pp. 1030-1085. Berlin: Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1914. Octavo original wrappers; custom box. Neat early ownership name on front wrapper. Only the slightest wear; a fine copy. Rare. Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften unknown
191619266Leipzig: J.A Barth 1916. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Original printed wrappers on rippled paper; wrappers and interior soiled and spotted mostly likely with minor water damage. From the library of Einstein protege Dr. Kurt Eisenmann with his siganture and stamps. First separate printing of Einstein’s classic paper. Not an offprint from the Annalen der Physik as is often thought but a completely new setting of type with significant and important additions and revisions including an introduction published here for the first time which was not in the journal issue. <br /> <br /> Printing & the Mind of Man 408; Weil 80a. J.A Barth unknown
1916188045Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1916. The foundation of general relativity First separate edition first issue of the work presenting the finalized version of general relativity. The Grundlage was also published in the Annalen der Physik in 1916 but Weil clarifies that the separate publication is now accepted as the earliest published edition of the paper. Einstein had almost finalized the general theory of relativity in 1913. However an error led him to contend that his equations could not be covariant - that they could not be applied without a system of spacetime co-ordinates devised by humans and therefore contextually specific. His first attempt at an overall presentation of the theory as delivered in 1914 was based on this assumption. By 1915 his subsequent reflections had driven him to reapply covariance and in November he published several papers outlining covariant field equations of general relativity. The present work adapts the comprehensive perspective of the 1914 paper with the revised mathematics of the 1915 equations to present "the first systematic exposition of general relativity" Janssen p. 1. Tilman Sauer notes that "in essence Einstein's general theory of relativity of 1916 remains today's accepted theory of the gravitational field" p. 24. This copy includes all the necessary first issue points: the imprint "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig. 314" on the title page verso; Ziehen's Die Psychologie as the last title listed in the publisher's advertisement on the rear wrapper; and the imprint "Metzger & Wittig Leipzig" on the rear wrapper. Octavo. Device to title page formulae in the text. Original tan vertically ribbed wrappers printed in black. Light creasing and foxing to otherwise bright wrappers title page remargined at head not affecting text contents crisp: a near-fine copy. Norman 696; Printing and the Mind of Man 408; Weil 80a. Michael Janssen "Einstein's First Systematic Exposition of General Relativity" 2004; Tilman Sauer "Albert Einstein's 1916 Review Article on General Relativity" in Ivor Grattan-Guiness ed. Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940 2004. unknown
191660254Leipzig Ambrosius Barth 1916. 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. Light discolouration to margins of wrappers. Inner hinges with professional repairs. Small stamp exlibris to lower part of title-page. Previous owner's name Erik Broekmeyer in contemporary hand to upper outer corner of title-page. A fine copy. 64 pp. <br/><br/><em>First issue of the first edition in book form being not an offprint of the"Annalen der Physik" journal issue as often stated but a separate edition of the paper completely re-set and with significant changes and additions including for the first time in print the "Einleitung" and the "Inhalt".The first issue is distinguished from the later reprints by the printing of "Sonderdruck aus dem "Annalen der Physik" Band 49 1916" and "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig. 314" to the verso of the title-page and "Metzger & Wittig Leipzig" to the foot of the back wrapper. Furthermore "This separate edition is printed on good strong paper the wrappers are of strong material too and it is described now as 'the original edition' of this classic paper" Weil. Einstein's seminal "General Theory of Relativity" has had an immense impact on all science philosophy and man's view of the world in general. Few other books of the 20th century can be said to have so basically altered the way that we view the world and our place in it. Determining space and time as being interwoven into a single continuum known as "space-time" and determining that there is no absolute space-time coordinate system - i.e. that there are no absolute positions in time and pace - established the fact that events that occur at the same time for one observer could occur at different times for another i.e. all positions in space and time are relative. This general theory of relativity here presented in its full exposition for the first time in book form is now a basic foundation for scientific thought."The theory of relativity has transformed astrophysics and indeed the whole scientific outlook." PMM."Whereas Special Relativity had brought under one set of laws the electromagnetic world of Maxwell and Newtonian mechanics as far as they applied to bodies in uniform relative motion The General Theory did the same thing for bodies with the accelerated relative motion epitomized in the acceleration of gravity. But first it had been necessary for Einstein to develop the true nature of gravity from his principle of equivalence.Basically he proposed that gravity was a function of matter itself and that its effects were transmitted between contiguous portions of space-time. Where matter exists so does energy; the greater the mass of matter involved the greater the effect of the energy which can be transmitted. In addition gravity affected light. exactly as it affected material particles. Thus the universe which Newton had seen and for which he had constructed his apparently impeccable mechanical laws was not the real universe. Einstein's paper gave not only a correct picture of the universe but also a fresh set of mechanical laws by which its details could be described" R.W. Clark. "This paper was the first comprehensive overview of the final version of Einstein's general theory of relativity after several expositions of preliminary versions and latest revisions of the theory in November 1915. It includes a self-contained exposition of the elements of the tensor calculus that are needed for the theory. T. Sauer in Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics. PMM: 408. Horblit 26 c. Weil 80.Boni: 781 Schilpp-Schields: 86. </em> unknown
193028365Berlin Gruyter X Co. 1930. 4to. Orig. orange printed wrappers. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten. pp. 1-13. <br/><br/><em>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. </em> unknown
193028367Berlin Gruyter & Co. 1930. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten.pp. 1-8. Fine fresh copy. <br/><br/><em>First edition in the scarce Offprint with its separate printed title and separate pagination. See Weil No. 169 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. </em> unknown
193037421Berlin: Akad. der Wiss 1930. Offprint from S. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Weil 169. Akad. der Wiss unknown
1931209587Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag 1931. Hardcover. VG: Wear to the edges and corners. Rubbing to the spine. Rubbing to the end pages. Stains to the inside corners of the end pages with no text or image affected. Some foxing to the margins of the pages and plates. Majority clean body pages and solid binding. A green casebound book with a blue fabric spine. There is gilt text and design on the spine. There is a gilt design on the front cover. Black textblocks. 660 pages; 60 plates total profusely illustrated with a good number of color tipped-in plates on heavy black pages with protective rice paper the remainders are black-and-white plates on heavy black paper. Text is in German. Contents are as follows: Henri Matisse -- Georges Rouault -- Henri Rousseau -- Andre Derain -- Amedeo Modigliani -- Roger de la Fresnaye -- Pablo Picasso -- Georges Braque -- Juan Gris -- Fernand Leger -- Andre Masson -- Joan Miro -- Gaston-Louis Roux -- Robert Delaunay -- Umberto Boccioni -- Gino Severini -- Carlo carra -- Giorgio de Chirico -- Emil Nolde -- Die Brucke -- Erich Heckel -- Max Pechstine -- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner -- Paula Modersohn-Becker -- Carl Hofer -- Lyonel Feininger -- Oskar Kokoschka -- George Grosz -- Max Beckmann -- Otto Dix -- Marc Chagall -- Konstruktivisten -- Franz Marc -- Wassilij Kandinsky -- Paul Klee -- GFranzosen Spanier Italiener -- Deutsche Russen Hollander Ungarn Plastik. Propyläen-Verlag hardcover
1926210542Berlin: Propylaen-Verlag 1926. Hardcover. VG. High quality rebinding and interior is clean and unmarked. Quarto. Hardcover. Rebound in green cloth with gilt titles. 576 pages illustrations some color. French text. Text is in German. Contents are as follows: Henri Matisse -- Georges Rouault -- Henri Rousseau -- Andre Derain -- Amedeo Modigliani -- Roger de la Fresnaye -- Pablo Picasso -- Georges Braque -- Juan Gris -- Fernand Leger -- Andre Masson -- Joan Miro -- Gaston-Louis Roux -- Robert Delaunay -- Umberto Boccioni -- Gino Severini -- Carlo carra -- Giorgio de Chirico -- Emil Nolde -- Die Brucke -- Erich Heckel -- Max Pechstine -- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner -- Paula Modersohn-Becker -- Carl Hofer -- Lyonel Feininger -- Oskar Kokoschka -- George Grosz -- Max Beckmann -- Otto Dix -- Marc Chagall -- Konstruktivisten -- Franz Marc -- Wassilij Kandinsky -- Paul Klee -- GFranzosen Spanier Italiener -- Deutsche Russen Hollander Ungarn Plastik. Propylaen-Verlag hardcover
1914003232Leipzig: 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
1907003219Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1907. In Annalen der Physik Vierte Folge Band 22. First Edition. Contemporary Cloth. Very Good. J. A. Barth Hardcover
190738828Berlin 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. <br/><br/><em>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. </em> hardcover
190747020Berlin 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. <br/><br/><em>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. </em> unknown
1925140941837Berlin: 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."<br /> <br /> <p>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
19503214Vaduz 1950. Gr.-8°. Ln. Varia unknown
192638843Berlin 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. <br/><br/><em>All 3 papers in first edition. - Weil Nos 150;154. </em> hardcover
192643839Berlin 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. <br/><br/><em>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 </em> unknown
1922139418Paris: 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
1983DADAX3795763843Eulenburg 1983-09-01. paperback. New. 5.50x1.57x7.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Eulenburg paperback
1989SONG0306413787Springer 1989-01-01. 1989. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.00x1.00x10.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
1989DADAX0306413787Springer 1989-01-01. 1989. hardcover. New. 7.00x1.00x10.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Springer hardcover
19461576McGraw-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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 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
191629308Braunschweig Vieweg & Sohn 1916. 8vo. Fine later boards the orig. printed frontwrapper from the Journal pasted on frontcover. Extract from "Verhandlungen d. deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft.18. Jahrgang. Nr. 6/7". pp. 173-177 and 1 textillustr. <br/><br/><em>First edition. - Weil No. 82. </em> hardcover
