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1966WMCE001New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1966 First edition first printing. Signed and inscribed by Mays on front free endpaper: "To Joe / Best Wishes / Willie Mays." Publisher's green and orange cloth with "Willie Mays" in blind to front board and spine lettered in black and orange; in its original unclipped dust jacket designed by Bob Korn with white front panel lettered in brown orange and green and a green spine. About fine book with light fading to spine and a hint of rubbing to foot of spine; very good price-clipped dust jacket with light wear to spine ends and some edgewear. With Beckett Letter of Authenticity. Overall a great boldly inscribed copy. Presentation copies from Mays are exceedingly scarce. In this book Willie Mays tells his life story with the help of prolific sportswriter Charles Einstein. Mays started playing professional baseball at 16 in the Negro Leagues and was soon drafted by the New York Giants. He went on to play 21 seasons with the Giants winning a World Series with the team in 1954. His over-the-shoulder catch in that World Series is one of the most iconic moments in sports history. A 24x All-Star and a 12x Gold Glove award winner Mays was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979 and was voted to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. hardcover
194146477Tucuman Argentina 1941. Royal8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Offprint from "Revista. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman" Series A Matematicas y Fisica Teorica Vol. 2 Diciembre de 1941 Nos 1 y 2. Pp. 11-15. Fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First edition of a scarce paper in the offprint version. The paper "represents the basis of the one written by the same author in collaboration with Wolfgang Pauli in 1943 in which by following analogous lines the proof of the non-existence of regular particle-type solutions was generalized to the case of cilyndrical geometries in Kaluza-Klein theory Einstein & Pauli 1943. Besides other generalizations were subsequently presented. The non-existence of such solutions in classical unified field theory was undoubtedly an important criterion leading Einstein's investigations."Galvagno and Giribet."In his search for a unified field theory that could undercut quantum mechanics Einstein considered five-dimensional classical Kaluza-Klein theory. He studied this theory most intensively during the years 1938-1943. One of his primary objectives was finding a non-singular particle solution. In the full theory this search got frustrated and in the x5-independent theory Einstein together with Pauli argued it would be impossible to find these structures." Jeroen van Dongen.Weil: 208. - Boni: 243. </em> unknown
190839155Leipzig J.A. Barth 1908. 2 contemp. hcalf and hcloth. Spines slightly rubbed. In "Annalen der Physik. Hrsg. von W. Wien und M. Planck" vol. 26 and 27. VI1032 and plates pp. VIII1112 pp. and plates.- Einstein & Laub papers: pp.532-541 pp. 541-550 pp. p. 232. Whole volumes offered. <br/><br/><em>First editions of all three papers.- Volume 26 contains also a first printing of Max Planck. "Zur Dynamik bewegter Systeme". Pp. 1-34. Planck Akademie No 76. - Weil: 22 1-2 and 23. </em> hardcover
192332429Berlin: Berlin: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften XVIII 1923. First Thus. Soft cover. First Thus. Soft cover. Einstein Albert 1879-1955. Zur affinen Feldtheorie. Offprint from Sitzungsberichten der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1923. XVIII. 8vo.4 137-140 First edition. Orange wrappers. A fine fresh copy in the rare off-print form marked with an asterisk by Weil denoting a major paper "Sonderabdruck" & deemed of sufficient interest that a translation was published in Nature Magazine. "Einstein's attempts to formulate a unified field theory the theoretical framework to account for the fundamental forces of nature. stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the general relativity theory which did not adequately incorporate the electromagnetic field into the geometry of space-time". Einstein's first investigation of Weyl's ideas published in the present paper which Weyl had begun working on in 1918. Weyl was investigating the possibility of constructing a unified field theory preserving the dimensionality of space-time while formally altering its geometry making it a special case of the class known as affine geometries. However Einstein later rejected Weyl's theory. "Weil No. 132; Schilpp--Shields No. 171; Alicke No.113; Norman Library 698; Boni 141. Affine Geometry is not concerned with the notions of circle angle and distance. It's a known dictum that in Affine Geometry all triangles are the same. In this context the word affine was first used by Euler affinis. In modern parlance Affine Geometry is a study of properties of geometric objects that remain invariant under affine transformations mappings. Affine transformations preserve collinearity of points: if three points belong to the same straight line their images under affine transformations also belong to the same line and in addition the middle point remains between the other two points." 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. Berlin: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, XVIII unknown
1925333269New York: Société Anonyme Inc 1925. First edition. 6 black and white illustrations 11 pp. 8vo. Side-stapled printed wrappers somewhat soiled. First edition. 6 black and white illustrations 11 pp. 8vo. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Leger's work by the Société Anonyme from November 16th to the 28th 1925. Includes an introduction by Dreier a creative piece translated from the French of Karl Einstein and "Notations on Plastic Values" by Léger. Scarce OCLC only records a copy at Yale from the papers of Katherine S. Dreier. Collection of the Société Anonyme p. 218 Société Anonyme, Inc unknown
192332639Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1923. Very Good. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1923. First U.S. Edition. Octavo 18 cm; publisher's gilt-lettered navy cloth; 123pp. Boards bumped at corners spine ends scuffed. Water staining to spine crown bleeding into upper cover minor separation of head of spine material from book block. Last free endsheet creased. Endsheets toned. Endsheets first few pages last few pages and pages 106-112 show water staining at top margin but bulk of text block is clean and bright. Starting slightly after first free endsheet. A Very Good example overall.<br /> <br /> Collection of four lectures delivered by Einstein at Princeton for the Stafford Little Lectures in 1921. The majority of the lectures are an attempt to reconcile issues with his theory of relativity and defend it as well as give a comprehensive overview of the physics and math involved in the theory in an accessible way. Princeton University Press unknown
192043308Berlin: Springer 1920. 15pp. 221 x 146 mm. Original printed wrappers foxed. Minor internal foxing but very good. First edition cover title does not include the date Einstein delivered his lecture; see Weil. "By royal decree of June 24 1920 a special chair in Leiden University was created for Einstein enabling him to come to that university for short periods of his choosing. On October 27 1920 Einstein began his new position with an inaugural address on aether and relativity theory" Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 313. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 111. Springer unknown
1930433061930. Offprint from Mathematische Annalen 102 1930. 685-697pp. Original printed self-wrappers. 233 x 157 mm. Very good apart from small split in lower spine. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 171. unknown
1923374081923. Offprint from S. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Weil 137. unknown
1923433181923. Offprint from Zeitschrift für Physik 16 1923. Single sheet unpaginated. 230 x 155 mm. One corner creased but very good. First edition offprint issue. Einstein's second response to Friedmann's groudbreaking paper on equations governing the expansion of space which made a valuable contribution to Einstein's theory of relativity and admitted the possibility of an expanding universe. Einstein at first believed that Friedmann's reasoning was incorrect then corrected his own objection in the present brief "Notiz" and called Friedmann's results "clarifying." Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 288. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 130. unknown
1922BBS-2017749Methuen & Co. Ltd 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. First thus; the first English edition translated by G. B. Jeffery and W. Perrett. Containing 'Ether and Relativity' first delivered as an address on May 5 1920 at the University of Leyden and 'Geometry and Experience' an expanded form of an address to Berlin's Prussian Academy of Sciences on January 27 1921. Blue paneled cloth with black titling with a few small spots of soiling light rubbing to edges gone to slight fraying at spine ends heavy fading to spine and 1-inch diameter stain at spine's center. Spine square. The first signature is loose laid-in; the binding is otherwise strong. No missing pages. In original blue dust jacket about good in Mylar: toned lightly age-soiled rubbed and edgeworn with chipping at spine ends fore-edge corners and an additional chip from the rear fore-edge. Pages lightly and uniformly toned. Text unmarked. Housed protected in modern custom-made navy cloth slipcase with 'E-mc2' stamped in blind to one side. Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover
1930510131930. <p>Einstein Albert 1879-1955. Théorie unitaire du champ physique. In Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré 1 fasc. 1 1930: 1-24. With: Fermi Enrico 1901-54. La théorie du rayonnement. In ibid.: 25-52. Whole number. 2 74 2pp. 285 x 197 mm. uncut and unopened. Original printed wrappers a bit sunned lower corner of front wrapper chipped and creased. Very good.</p> <p> First Edition. This issue of the Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré contains the texts of Einstein's lecture on unified field theory and Fermi's lecture on the theory of radiation both delivered at the Institut in 1929. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 174. Not in Fermi Collected Papers. </p> . unknown
1923374071923. <p>Einstein Albert 1879-1955. Zur affinen Feldtheorie. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 17 1923. 137-140pp. 256 x 185 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine.</p> <p>First Edition Offprint Issue. In 1923 Einstein published four short papers of which "Zur affinen Feldtheorie" is the third on Eddington's attempt at a unified field theory marking the beginning of a scientific passion that would dominate the remainder of his career. In 1921 British physicist Arthur Eddington had proposed a unified field theory inspired by the work of Hermann Weyl. "Einstein's own initial reaction was that Eddington had created a beautiful framework without content. Nevertheless he began to examine what would be made of these ideas and finally decided that 'I must absolutely publish since Eddington's idea must be thought through to the end.' That was what he wrote to Weyl. Three days later he wrote to him again about unified field theories: 'Above stands the marble smile of implacable Nature which has endowed us more with longing than with intellectual capacity.' Thus romantically began Einstein's adventures with general connections adventures that were to continue until his final hours" Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 343. This paper is included on Shields's list of Einstein's most significant papers; see Albert Einstein Philosopher-Scientist 1949 p. 758. Shields 175. Weil 132. </p> . unknown
1929374191929. <p>Einstein Albert 1879-1955. Zur einheitlichen Feldtheorie. Offprint from Sitzungsberichten der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1 1929. 8vo. 8pp. Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaft 1929. 256 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers slightly soiled and creased. Very good. </p> <p>First Separate Edition. "In 1928 Einstein embarked on a new approach to a unified field theory . . . involving what he called 'distant parallelism'. . . . By early 1929 he had solved the main problems involved in writing down field equations for his unified theory. On the day of official publication of the third of a formidably technical series of nine articles on the theory . . . excited headlines appeared in foreign newspapers throughout the world. . . . In this frenzied unscientific atmosphere Einstein's new theory was hailed in the press as an outstanding scientific advance. Yet Einstein had stated in his article that it was still tentative; and soon he found he had to abandon it Hoffman Einstein pp. 225-26. This paper is included on Shields's list of Einstein's most significant papers; see Albert Einstein Philosopher-Scientist 1949 p. 758. Weil 165. Pais Subtle is the Lord pp. 344-46. </p> . unknown
190750420Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1907. Einstein explicitly establishes E=mc2.<p>Einstein Albert 1879-1955. 1 Über die Möglichkeit einer neuen Prüfung des Relativitätsprinzips. In Annalen der Physik 23 6: pp. 197-8. 2 Bemerkungen zu der Notiz von Hrn. Paul Ehrenfest: "Die translation deformierbarer Elektronen und der Flächensatz." In Annalen der Physik 23 6: pp. 206-8. 3 Über die vom relativitätsprinzip geforderte Trägheit der Energie. In Annalen der Physik 23 7: pp. 371-384. 8vo. Red cloth gilt lettering on spine. 214 x 140 mm. Whole volume: viii 1000 pp. 4 plates numbered Taf. I - IV. Tafs. I II and IV are folding Taf. III is b/w silver photograph tipped to sheet. Foot of the spine is repaired. Very good. </p> <br /> <br /> <p>Approximate English translations of titles: 1 "On the possibility of a new test of the principle of relativity." 2 "Remarks on Mr. Paul Ehrenfest's note: 'The translation of deformable electrons and the surface theorem.'" 3 "On the inertia of energy required by the principle of relativity." </p> In "On the inertia of energy required by the relativity principle" May 1907 "Using rather than m V rather than c and 0 rather than E0 Einstein wrote his famous equation for the first time as V2= 0 and he did it in a footnote. At the end of that paper he introduced the symbol E0 to denote energy in the rest frame and wrote the famous expression again this time as =E0/V2." -Eugene Hecht How Einstein confirmed E0 = mc2 </p> <p> In the third paper Einstein explicitly establishes his famous equation E=mc2 although with different symbols. In this paper Einstein discussed the relationship between inertial mass and energy arguing for their complete equivalence namely that every mass has an equivalent energy just as every form of energy has an equivalent mass. This relation says that a photon can convert for the equivalence of mass and energy his celebrated equation E = mc2 Calaprice The Einstein Almanac. </p> <br /> <br /> <p> Weil's Einstein Bibliography nos. 17 18 and 19 respectively. <br> Boni's Einstein Checklist nos. 17 18 and 19 respectively.</p> . Johann Ambrosius Barth unknown
1921433161921. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1921. Single sheet pp. 882-883. 256 x 184 mm. Minor marginal tears one corner chipped but very good. First ediiton offprint issue. "Since after 1917 Einstein firmly believed that light-quanta were here to stay it is not surprising that he would look for new ways in which the existence of photons might lead to observable devations from the classical picture. In this he did not succeed. At one point in 1921 he thought he had found a new quantum criterion published in the present paper but it soon turned out to be a false lead" Pais Subtle is the Lord pp. 412-413. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 118. unknown
192132433Berlin: Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1921 Berichte 51-53 1921. First Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. Soft cover. ALBERT EINSTEIN. Über eine naheliegende Ergänzung des Fundamentes der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie Berlin 1921 8vo. 26.5 x 18.5 cms Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1921 Berichte 51-53 pp.261-264. Original printed wrappers. NEAR MINT CONDITION. A fine fresh example small pencil mark to upper wrapper of THIS RARE PAPER!! - ."Although Einstein could not accept Weyl's theory as a physical theory he cherished "its courageous mathematical construction" and thought intensively about its conceptual foundation. This becomes clear from his paper "On a complement at hand of the bases of general relativity" of 1921. In it he raised the question whether it would be possible to generate a geometry just from the conformal invariance of Equation without use of the conception "distance" i.e. without using rulers and clocks. He then embarked on conformal invariants and tensors of gauge-weight 0 and gave the one formed from the square of Weyl's conformal curvature tensor" Hubert F.M. Goenner On the History of Unified Field Theories. Reference: Weil N. 116; Schlipp-Shields No.145. Akad. Wiss. Berl., 1921, Berichte 51-53 unknown
193345000Paris: Société Anonyme Les Illustrés Français 1933. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Large quarto 11 1/2 x 8". 105 3pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers with white lettering to front cover. <br /> <br /> This scarce issue of "Témoignages de Notre Temps" Witness to our Time is a loving and moving tribute to Jewish life and culture that spans ancient times to the early 1930s with the spectre of Hitler and the early persecutions of Jews in Nazi Germany Hitler became chancellor a few months prior on January 30th. <br /> <br /> Includes texts by Albert Einstein Dr. Chaïm Weizmann and others along with hundreds of splendid black-and-white photogravures many full page including Helmar Lerski’s impressive series on Jews in Palestine. <br /> <br /> "Témoignages de Notre Temps" was edited by noted French photographer and publisher Lucien Vogel.<br /> <br /> Wrappers partly creased along edges. Page 5 with four "Spécimen" stamps not affecting lettering. Lower corner of the first 18 pages slightly creased. Lower front corner bumped thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Text in French. Wrappers in overall good- to good interior in good to very good condition. Société Anonyme Les Illustrés Français unknown
1950046941New York: Philosophical Library 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Frontispiece. 282 Pp. Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt On Front CoverAlso Lettered In Gilt In Spine Stamped On Two Blocks Of Dark Blue Background. Dust Jacket Priced $4.75 With Only 15 Titles On Rear Panel Two First Published In 1950 The Others First Published By Philosophical Library 1942 To 1949. Frontispiece Portrait Of Einstein By Lotte Jacobi. There Are Many Issues With Identical Pagination In Cloth Or Boards Of Various Colors All With Later Post-1950 Publications Indicated On The Rear Panel In Both The Plainer Dust Jacket As On This Copy And In A More Elaborate Jacket; We Believe This Is The First Issue Only By A Process Of Elimination Not Having Seen An Earlier Dust Jacket. Book With Light Wear Gilt Brilliant No Marks. Dust Jacket With Wear Small Losses/Chips At Corners Not Price Clipped Slight Browning To Spine Panel. <br/> <br/> Philosophical Library hardcover
191138841Leipzig J.A. Barth 1911. Contemp. hcalf spine gilt. "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 34. Hrsg. von W.Wien und Max Planck." VIII1032 pp. 6 plates. Einstein papers: pp. 165-169; pp. 170-174; pp.; 175-176; p. 590; pp. 591-592. Fine and clean. The whole volume offered. <br/><br/><em>First edition of all 5 papers. In "Relation between elastic behaviour and specific heat of solid bodies with monatomic molecules" Einstein comments Sutherlands importent paper in Philosophical Magazine from 1910. Sutherland made the importent remark that the infrared eigenfrequencies of solid bodies have their origin possibly in the elastic vibrations of these bodies. Einstein impressed by this remark adds that electrically charged ions are the sources of optical vibrations whreas elastic vibrations are caused by the mutual motion of the entire molecule. Hence he prefers to test the hypothesis of Sutherland by solid bodies which are composed of monatomic molecules."Lanczos. - Weil Nos 38 39 this with an asterix denoting major work40 1-2 and 41. </em> unknown
190639057Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1906. Bound in a fine recent hmorocco. Gilt lettering on spine. "Annalen der Physik" Bd. 20 Heft 8 pp. 433-640. The Einstein paper pp. 627-633. <br/><br/><em>First edition of this paper in the periodical form in which Einstein shows that the conservation of mass is a special application of his energy principle E= Mc2 - "Einstein considers a weightless horizontal cylinder filled with electromagnetic radiation and closed to the external world. A certain amount of radiating energy E moves from the left end of the cylinder to the right end transferring a certain amount of momentum due to radiation pressure to the left end which translates the cylinder to the left. When the radiation arrives at the right end the motion stops. We now imagine that a practically massless body absorbs this radiation moves back to the left and deposits it to its original state. Then the body moves back to right end into its original position. Now a complete cycle has taken place the system is back in its original state but the center of mass has moved by a certain amount to the left. This process can be repeated any number of times with the result that a body all by itself without any external forces can change its centre of mass by an arbitrary amount in contradiction to all physical evidence. This conclusion is avoided if we assume that the energy E is associated with the mass M=E/c2 in which case the centre of mass remains permanently at rest in agreement with our ecpectations." Cornelius Lanczos. - Weil: 13. </em> unknown
192146469Berlin Julius Springer 1921. Lex8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. Offprint/Sonderdruck from "Der Festschrift der Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften zu ihrem 10jährigen Jubiläum". Pp. 50-52. A small tear to right margin 1 cm otherwise fine and clean. At foot frontwrapper "Nicht im Handel". <br/><br/><em>First edition the offprint issue of this pioneerwork in globular cluster physics."In his paper on M13 Einstein 1921 concluded that the non-luminous mass contributes no higher order of magnitude to the total mass than does the luminous mass.To my knowledge this has been Einstein's only contact with globular clusters. As in other issues his claim still holds."Tom Richtler.Weil:117 - Boni:123. </em> unknown
190338800Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1903. Contemp. hcloth. Some small nicks to spine. = "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 11. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude.". VIII1144pp. and 6 plates. The Einstein paper: pp. 170-187. Internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>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. </em> hardcover
193138732Berlin Akademie der Wissenschaften 1931-32. 4to. Both papers with orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprints Sonderausgabe "Sitzungsberichten der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften". 19;10 pp. Fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First edition. - Weil: 182 and 185. With asteerix denoting major paper. </em> unknown
191538835Braunschweig Vieweg & Sohn 1915. Contemp. hcalf gilt. Spine with a few scratches and light wear to spine ends. "Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 1915. 17. Jahrgang. Im Auftrage der Gesellschaft herausgegeben von Karl Scheel." VI489 pp. textillustr. Einstein/Haas papers: pp. 152-170 a. p. 203 a. p. 420. - Planck paper: pp. 407-418 a. 418-19 a. 438-51. - Laue paper: pp. 198-202. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered. <br/><br/><em>All papers first edition. - In the papers by Einstein and Haas prooved the Ampere hypothesis that permanent magnetism is caused by the microscopic circular motions of electric charges. The experimental results was very close to the theoretical value and as such they gave a brilliant proof of the soundness of the hypothesis. </em> unknown
