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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
1933180318Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 1933. First edition offprint issue of the third 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" Van Dongen pp. 103-5. Large octavo pp. 4. Original cream wrappers front wrapper printed in black wire-stitched as issued. Extremities gently creased short closed tears at spine ends occasional light foxing: a very good copy. Boni 223; Weil 192. Jeroen van Dongen Einstein's Unification 2010. unknown
191150604Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1911. 8vo. In Contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 34. Hrsg. von W.Wien und Max Planck."". The whole volume offered. A tear to lower part of spine and small stamp to title page, otherwise fine. Einstein papers: pp. 165-169" pp. 170-174 pp. 175-176 p. 590" pp. 591-592. [Entire volume: VIII,1032 pp. + 6 plates.].
191150604Leipzig J.A. Barth 1911. 8vo. In Contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 34. Hrsg. von W.Wien und Max Planck.". The whole volume offered. A tear to lower part of spine and small stamp to title page otherwise fine. Einstein papers: pp. 165-169; pp. 170-174; pp.; 175-176; p. 590; pp. 591-592. Entire volume: VIII1032 pp. 6 plates. <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
191727729Leipzigh Germany: S. Hirzel 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Albert Einstein's 1879-1955 derivation of Planck's law for thermal radiation. Einstein also introduces the possibility of stimulated emission of radiation the principle behind the laser. xi 604 pp. 4to. Black cloth binding with gold embossed titling to spine. Ex-library stamp on title page the only indication of its former life in an institution. Very clean within. S. Hirzel hardcover books
1908003221Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1908. First Edition. Contemporary Cloth. Very Good. J. A. Barth Hardcover
1906003218Leipzig: J. A. Barth 1906. Several small dents in cover edges. First Edition. Contemporary Cloth. Very Good. J. A. Barth Hardcover
19141199Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn 1914. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FULL VOLUME OF THE FRANCK-HERTZ EXPERIMENT: THE FIRST ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT TO CLEARLY SHOW THE QUANTUM NATURE OF ATOMS - PROOF OF THE QUANTIZED MODEL OF THE BOHR ATOM & OF PLANCK'S QUANTUM THEORY. Note that this volume includes both the first and second Franck-Hertz experiment. In the first they demonstrate that atoms can only absorb and be excited by specific amounts of energy; in the second experiment performed the same year they demonstrate that the frequency of the light emitted following the collision of electrons with mercury atoms corresponds precisely with the energy lost by the electrons in the collision. Franck and Hertz received the Nobel Prize for this work specifically "for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom" Nobel Prize Committee. <br /> <br /> Of equal import this volume also contains a paper by Einstein in which he uses the light quantum hypothesis to give new derivations of Planck's radiation law and Nernst's third law of thermodynamics. His "proofs introduced the quantum hypothesis" Calaprice The Einstein Almanac 40. <br /> <br /> In 1914 James Franck and Gustav Hertz were working together in the Physics Institute of Berlin and were "particularly interested in ionization i.e. in the process in which an electron is removed from an atom" The Harvest of a Century" p. 102-103. The experiment they devised now known commonly as the Franck-Hertz experiment is "a vivid illustration of the quantization of energy" that relied on methodology so simple "that it is now carried out regularly by undergraduates. They accelerated electrons through a low-pressure gas of mercury. When the electrons' energy reach the energy of a stationary state of mercury they gave up a quantum of energy to the mercury resulting in a stepwise shape to the curve of current through the apparatus. This demonstrated that atoms could absorb energy only in discrete amounts" Peacock The Quantum Revolution 40. <br /> <br /> "Franck and Hertz had not only shown for the first time that electrons lose their kinetic energy to mercury atoms in energy quanta but also that these energy quanta are equal to the energy of the light emitted by the same atoms if interpreted with Einstein's light-quantum hypothesis.This was the first experimental determination of Planck's constant not using blackbody radiation" Brandt 103. CONDITION & DETAILS: Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn. 8vo. Unobtrusive stamp on front paste down and title page. In-text figures throughout. Tightly bound in leather over marbled paper boards; gilt-lettered and tooled at the slightly faded and spotted spine which looks worse in the image due to the bright light than it does to the eye. Unusually beautiful marbled paper edges. Bright and very clean throughout. Near fine. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn hardcover
1955060140New York: Pantheon Books 1955. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good /Good. 86 Pp. Blue Cloth. First Edition. Book Very Good Dj First State Priced $4.00 Considerable Wear Chipping At Corners 2" Mostly Closed Tear Near Top Of Front Spine Edge No Marks. <br/> <br/> Pantheon Books hardcover
1949057965New York: The Library Of Living Philosophers 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Xvi 781 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt. Stated First Edition. First Printing Of Einstein's Autobiography With Text In Both German And English; First Publication Of Major Essays On Einstein And An Important Discussion With Niels Bohr. Near Fine Book Gilt Bright No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $8.50 Wear Browning Minute Losses At Edges Dust To Rear Panel. <br/> <br/> The Library Of Living Philosophers hardcover
1926043474London: Methuen & Co. 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Viii 124 Pp. Green Cloth White Spine Lettering. First Printing In Secondary Binding With White Lettering The First Binding Was Lettered In Gilt. Book Used But Still Near Fine Very Slight Rubbing Lettering Complete With Some Wear Small Areas Of Lightening Of Color On Front Cover Darkening To Lower Corner Of Page "V" First Page Of Preface. No Marks. Lacking The Very Scarce Dust Jacket. <br/> <br/> Methuen & Co. hardcover
193491810Paris: Flammarion 1934. Fine. Flammarion Paris 1934 13 x 19.5 cm Broché First edition of the French translation one of 110 numbered copies on alfa paper the only deluxe paper issue after 10 on Holland and 20 on pur fil.A fine copy. Flammarion unknown
191049714Leipzig, Barth, 1910. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik"", Bd. 33, 1910. Entire volume offered. Library stamp to verso of title page, light wear to extremities. Otherwise fine and clean. pp. 1096-1104 and pp. 1105-1115"" Pp. 1275-1298 [Entire volume: VIII, 1584 pp. + 6 plates.].
191049714Leipzig Barth 1910. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Annalen der Physik" Bd. 33 1910. Entire volume offered. Library stamp to verso of title page light wear to extremities. Otherwise fine and clean. pp. 1096-1104 and pp. 1105-1115; Pp. 1275-1298 Entire volume: VIII 1584 pp. 6 plates. <br/><br/><em>First appearance of all three papers. The purpose of "A theorem in probability and its application in the Theory of radiation" is to demonstrate that the failure of statistical mechanics with respect to the radiation law Rayleigh - Jeans law contradicted by experience cannot be removed by the conjecture that perhaps the individual statistical events should not follow the usual law of independence product of probabilities instead of assuming a certain interdependence between them. Lanczos. The second paper "Statistical investigation on of the motion of an oscillator in a radiation field" makes use of the results of the previous investigation. Einstein's aim is to demonstrate that the Rayleigh-jeans law of radiation contracdicted by the physical facts is an unavoidable consequence of statistics even if we avoid any kind of assumption which may be suspected of needing correction. Lanczos. The third paper "Theory of the opalescence of homogenous fluids and fluid mixtures near the critical state" is an importent investigation and one of the most difficult of all his papers to understand. The aim of the paper is to complement the work of Smoluchovski Ann. d. Physik25 1908 who gave a general explanation of the strong density fluctuations - and the opalescence thus generated - of two fluids near the critical state of mixture or a single fluid near the critical state of condensation on the basis of the kinetic theory of heat. he did notgive howeverthe quantitative details concerning the scattered light associated with this phenomenon. Lanczos. - Weil Nos 34 35 and 36 with an asterix denoting major work.Weil No. 34 35 & 36. </em> hardcover
1920504910Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Binding sturdy. Text clean. A well-preserved copy of the first Canadian edition with previous owner's inscription on front free end page. Modest stunning to spine cover else in very good condition indeed. The Ryerson Press Hardcover
1925140945616Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer 1925. First edition. First edition. xiv 377 1 4 pp. Bound in publisher's orangish yellow boards. Near Fine with light rubbing and soiling to boards tiny pen squiggle to front board. Contents bright and unmarked. An uncommon German-language physics text with an appendix by Einstein. Verlag von Julius Springer unknown
193137425Berlin: Akad. Wiss 1931. <p>Einstein Albert 1879-1955 and Walther Mayer 1887-1948. 1 Einheitliche Theorie von Gravitation und Electrizität. Offprint from Sitzungsberichten der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1931. 19pp. 2 Einheitliche Theorie von Gravitation und Elektrizität. Zweite Abhandlung. Offprint from Sitzungsberichten der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1932. 10pp. Together 2 offprints. 258 x 185 mm. Original printed wrappers no. 1 lightly creased vertically. Fine copies.</p> <p>First Editions Offprint Issues. Einstein made several attempts at a five-dimensional unified field theory including this two-part collaboration with mathematician Walther Mayer "in which a new unified field theory was proposed one based on a four-dimensional space-time continuum with a five-dimensional tangent space attached at each point" Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 492. This two-part paper is included on Shields's list of Einstein's most significant papers; see Albert Einstein Philosopher-Scientist 1949 p. 758. Shields 251; 261. Weil 182; 185.</p> . Akad. Wiss unknown books
1930433141930. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. Single sheet pp. 1-2. 256 x 184 mm. Upper edge a bit creased light toning but very good. First edition offprint issue. One of Einstein's last papers on Riemann metrics and distant parallelism written the year before he abandonded this approach to constructing a unified field theory. Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 347. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 173. unknown books
1932433001932. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 32 1932. 31pp. 256 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers a little chipped and darkened small splits in spine. Very good. First edition offprint issue. Einstein's work on semivectors "was stimulated by Ehrenfest's insistence on a better understanding of the relation between single-valued and double-valued representations of the Lorentz group . . . Einstein and Mayer went on to relate semivectors to the Dirac equation and to generalize the formalism to general relativity" Pais Subtle is the Lord pp. 451-452. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 186. unknown books
194938664The Library of Living Philosophers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of Einstein's autobiography. Blue cloth. Bookplate to ffep. Glue darkening along hinges. Book is tight and square. Gilt unfaded. The clipped jacket shows wear along edges and shows general toning. ; The Library of Living Philosophers; Vol. 7; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Library of Living Philosophers hardcover
1968019130Crown Publishers. First Printing. No Statement Of Printing DJ Price Clipped But Exactly Same As First And Came With This Book Publisher's Address As 419 Fourth Avenue On Front And Rear Flaps.Clipped DJ in archival cover edge wear small chips. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1968. Crown Publishers hardcover
1932433001932. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 32 1932. 31pp. 256 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers a little chipped and darkened small splits in spine. Very good. First edition offprint issue. Einstein's work on semivectors "was stimulated by Ehrenfest's insistence on a better understanding of the relation between single-valued and double-valued representations of the Lorentz group . . . Einstein and Mayer went on to relate semivectors to the Dirac equation and to generalize the formalism to general relativity" Pais Subtle is the Lord pp. 451-452. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 186. unknown
1930433141930. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. Single sheet pp. 1-2. 256 x 184 mm. Upper edge a bit creased light toning but very good. First edition offprint issue. One of Einstein's last papers on Riemann metrics and distant parallelism written the year before he abandonded this approach to constructing a unified field theory. Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 347. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 173. unknown
192088490Berlin, Julius Springer, 1920, in-8, 15 pp, Broché, couverture agrafée de l'éditeur, Édition originale de ce discours prononcé par Einstein (1879-1955) le 5 mai 1920 à la Reichsuniversität de Leyde, à l'occasion de son entrée en fonction en tant que professeur invité. Le savant y expose comment la conception ancienne de l'éther a laissé la place à la notion de gravitation. Cachet ex-libris du révolutionnaire Russe et bibliophile Marcel Bekus (1888-1939). Bon exemplaire. Couverture insolée, agrafes oxydées. Hans-Josef Küpper, Verzeichnis Der Wissenschaftlichen Publikationen Albert Einsteins von 1901-1922 [en ligne]. Weil, 111. Couverture rigide
19151200Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn 1915. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FULL BOUND VOLUME OF THE EINSTEIN-DE HAAS EFFECT -- an experimental observation that illustrates the relationship between magnetism and angular momentum and in which a change in the magnetic moment causes the rotation of a free body. In this 1915 paper Albert Einstein and Wander de Haas report that changing the magnetization of a suspended iron rod by applying an external magnetic field leads to mechanical rotation of the rod - a result that still stands as a textbook illustration of the relationship between magnetism and angular momentum. Papers by Planck The Quantum Hypothesis for Molecules with Multiple Degrees of Freedom von Laue Warburg Siegbahn and Born are also present. <br /> <br /> Einstein had long contemplated Ampère's 1820 conjecture that magnetism is caused by the microscopic circular motions of electric charges. In light of this Einstein and de Haas devised an experiment to test not just Ampère's hypothesis but also "Lorentz's theory that the rotating particles are electrons. The aim of the experiment was to measure the torque generated by a reversal of the magnetization of an iron cylinder" Calaprice Einstein Almanac 52. <br /> <br /> In the experiment Einstein and de Haas designed "a magnetic material was suspended with the aid of a thin string inside a magnetic field coil. When the magnetic field was increased by the application of an electric current through the field coil the magnetic material is magnetized. In order to keep the total magnetic moment of the magnetic material constant the latter rotates. This classical Einstein-de Haas effect demonstrates that the spin angular momentum is of the same nature as the angular momentum of rotating bodies as conceived in classical mechanics" Ganzhorn Nature Communications 7 11443 2016. <br /> <br /> Einstein spoke enthusiastically of the experimental results he and de Haas has achieved stating that they had "given firm proof of the existence of Ampère's molecular currents" Pais Subtle is the Lord 245. <br /> <br /> ALSO INCLUDED: Papers by Planck "Die Quantenhypotese für Molekeln mit mehreren Freiheitsgraden" and "Bemerkung über die Entropiekonstante zweiatomiger Gase" as well as a paper by von Laue "Die Einsteinischen Energieschwankungen" CONDITION & DETAILS: Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn. 8vo. Unobtrusive stamp on front paste down and title page. In-text figures throughout. Tightly bound in leather over marbled paper boards; gilt-lettered and tooled at the slightly faded spine. Unusually beautiful marbled paper edges. Bright and very clean throughout. Near fine. Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn hardcover
