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1993x-0691102503Princeton Univ Pr 1993. Paperback. New. 447 pages. 10.25x7.75x0.75 inches. Princeton Univ Pr paperback
1989x-0691085498Princeton Univ Pr 1989. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 413 pages. 10.00x7.75x1.00 inches. Princeton Univ Pr paperback
2004x-0691121249Princeton Univ Pr 2004. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 472 pages. 9.75x7.25x0.80 inches. Princeton Univ Pr paperback
1918003007Saint Louis: The Laryngoscope Press 1918. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. 14 128 28 plates viii 3 plates 21 plates 3 comprised of Part I - a new edition of Collector's Marks by Fagan 1883 Part II-Supplement to Fagan's Book Part III-New Contributions. Red pebbled cloth gilt titles to front cover edges and spine extremities rubbed; an un-numbered copy of a limited edition of 300 copies. Book plate of Annie Cowdray 1st Viscountess Cowdray on ffep 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾ <br/> <br/> The Laryngoscope Press hardcover
191874743The Laryngoscope Press. Very Good. 1918. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 14 128 56 viii 88 pp. 48 ills. 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . The Laryngoscope Press hardcover
19185296Saint Louis: Laryngoscope Press 1918. 1st. Very Good corners bumped mild spine fading. Octavo. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering; without dust jacket as issued. #95 of an edition limited to 300 copies. This volume was produced to make available again Louis Fagan's 'Collectors' Marks' updated by the authors. Includes as Part I Fagan's Collectors' Marks; Part II Supplement to Fagan's Books and Part III New Contributions; Index. This study of collectors' "marks" is as important alike to the historian of art as it is to the collector. Laryngoscope Press unknown
1938143h5663USA: Crowell 1938. Magazine. Illus. by Reid Robert O. Cover Art; Sawyers Martha; Beall C.C.; McLeod Ronald; Biggs Geoffrey; Cooper Mario; Roth Ben; Lichty George; Timmins Harry L.; Coe RolandBorgstedt Douglas; Keate Jeff; Green George Hamilton; Gentry Thurston; Hilton Ned. Good. Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Feature article by Albert Einstein entitled "Why Do They Hate The Jews" offers his views on the subject and includes a large black and white profile photo of the man himself. Additional features include: Local Ghost Makes Good - Jesse James Makes Restitution in Pineville; Coach Ralph Furey explains why football stars are not born article with several photos of football stars of the day; Speak No Evil short story; Hangin' Crazy Benny short story; Uncertain Wings short story; Via All Oceans short story; You Liked a Parade short story; None But The Brave part 5 of 6; Murder for Christmas - part 3 of 10 of this serial by Agatha Christie; Great cover art by Robert O. Reid features young lovely eyeing the dessert table; and more. 70 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Moderate evidence of moisture exposure. A sound vintage copy of this exceptional issue. Boni Russ & Laurence 396. . Crowell Paperback
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
193481265Paris: Flammarion 1934. Fine. Flammarion Paris 1934 12 x 19 cm relié Comment je vois le Monde The World as I See It Paris 1934 12x19cm bound. First edition of the French translation published a year before the English translation one of 10 numbered copies on Hollande most limited deluxe issue. Dark gray half morocco binding spine with five raised bands patterned paper boards gray paper endpapers and pastedowns covers and spine preserved slightly wrinkled and with small tears top edge gilt over untrimmed edges binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine. A few foxing spots to endpapers and to some leaves on the untrimmed edges bookplate on pastedown. A very rare untrimmed copy of this fundamental text by the brilliant scientist. Flammarion hardcover
19341564Paris: Paul Gaultier de l'Institut 1934. 1st Edition. Paul Gaultier de l'Institut. 13 x 19.5cm. 258pp. Handsome illustrated cover. How I see the World. Judaism Politics and Pacifism in Germany 1933. Translated from the German by Colonel Cros. Content: Comment je vois le Monde - Politique et Pacifisme - Allemagne - Le Judaisme - Science. Minor wear at edges and spine Bright and clean inside and out. Very good condition. Paul Gaultier, de l'Institut unknown
9788520936740NOVA FRONTEIRA. new. Albert Einstein um dos mais memorveis cientistas do mundo. Sua genialidade foi unnime e seu nome colocado no mesmo plano que o de Descartes Galileu ou Newton. Em Como vejo o mundo conhecemos o lado espirituoso intensamente perceptivo e preocupado com a humanidade desse f�sico extraordinrio. Einstein acreditava na possibilidade de um mundo pac�fico e na misso da cincia de servir ao bem-estar humano. Com textos escritos entre 1930 e 1935 o livro aborda temas como o desarmamento o respeito s minorias e a relao da cincia com a religiosidade mantendo uma atualidade impressionante. NOVA FRONTEIRA unknown
9786556408248NOVA FRONTEIRA. new. Albert Einstein � um dos mais memor�veis cientistas do mun�do. Sua genialidade foi un�nime e seu nome colo�cado no mesmo patamar que o de Descartes Galileu ou Newton. Em Como vejo o mundo conhecemos o lado espirituoso intensamente per�cep�tivo e preocupado com a humanidade desse f�sico extraordin�rio. A partir de textos escritos entre 1930 e 1935 entre cartas notas artigos ensaios discursos e entrevistas a obra expe grandes questes sobre as quais Einstein desejava se explicar publicamente o pacifismo a defesa do juda�smo a relao entre religio e cincia a cultura moral bem como educao e sua admirao por algumas grandes personalidades como George B. Shaw e Bertrand Russell. Tamb�m so abordados problemas cient�ficos importantes como a teoria da relatividade geral e restrita. Em uma prosa acess�vel e envolvente Como vejo o mundo oferece uma oportunidade nica de mergulhar na mente brilhante desse cien�tista multifacetado e apreciar sua perspectiva singular sobre a ma�ravilha do conhecimento e a infinita complexidade do universo. NOVA FRONTEIRA unknown
19355740Santiago De Chile: Editorial Cultura 1935. First Chilean Edition. First Chilean edition. Text in Spanish. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5.25" with 207 numbered pages. <br /> <br /> This book is in poor condition. Front cover detached. Heavy chipping to spine and around edges. Moderate sunning to spine and both panels. Old library stamp on title page. Moderate foxing to interior pages. Moderate chipping to edges of pages with minor paper loss. <br /> <br /> Composed of assorted articles addresses letters interviews and pronouncements it includes Einstein's opinions on the meaning of life ethics science society religion and politics.<br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #O2-92. Editorial Cultura unknown
0520266528.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2012Q-0520266528University of California Press 2012-04-26. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of California Press hardcover
2012x-0520266528Univ of California Pr 2012. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 10.00x6.50x1.00 inches. Univ of California Pr hardcover
2012DADAX0520266528University of California Press 2012-04-26. First Edition. hardcover. New. 6.00x0.83x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of California Press hardcover
1954029884Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1954. First Edition Second Printing 2nd Printing. Cloth/Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine Dustjacket. 196 Pp. Hardcobver. Second Printing. Book Is Fine Touch Of Wear At Corners. Dj Lightly Used Touch Of Wear At Corners Price Clipped Spine A Little Tanned. <br/> <br/> Harvard University Press hardcover
2025__0262553600Mit Pr 2025. Paperback. New. 328 pages. 9.00x6.00 inches. Mit Pr paperback
2025x-0262553600Mit Pr 2025. Paperback. New. 328 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. Mit Pr paperback
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1973054767Horizon Press 1973. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Xxiii 246 Pp. First Reprinting Of The Scarce 1921 Book Here With A New 1970 Introduction. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $8.50. <br/> <br/> Horizon Press hardcover
1946858Lancaster: American Physical Society 1946. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS OF SIGNIFICANT CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS BY EINSTEIN & STRAUS TO AN IMPORTANT PAPER; AS WELL A PAPER BY CHANDRASEKHAR ON THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. <br /> <br /> In 1945 Albert Einstein and Ernst G. Straus introduced their Swiss cheese model of the universe in a paper entitled "The Influence of the Expansion of Space on the Gravitation Fields Surrounding the Individual Stars". Weil 216. The following year they published "Corrections and Additional Remarks to Our Paper" the 1945 paper the paper offered here. <br /> <br /> In early 1945 Einstein returned to long held cosmological questions as he sought to try to understand whether the expansion of the universe caused the solar system to expand as well — or more specifically the influence of the expansion of space on the gravitational field in the neighborhood of a star. Working with Straus the two began studying the effect of inhomogeneities in an expanding model. <br /> <br /> "By the spring of 1945 Einstein and Straus had found a new type of possible universe using Einstein's equations. It described a universe which looked largely like one of the simple expanding universes of Friedmann and Lemaître containing material like galaxies which exerted no pressure. But it has spherical regions removed from it like bubbles in a Swiss cheese. Each empty hole then had a mass placed at its centre. The mass was equal in magnitude to what had been excavated to create the hole. This was a step towards a more realistic universe in which the matter was not smoothly spread with the same density everywhere but gathered up into lumps like galaxies which were spread about in empty space. Barrow The Book of Universes 106-107. <br /> <br /> ALSO INCLUDED: S. Chandrasekhar's "On a New Theory of Weizsäcker on the Origin of the Solar System". In 1945 C. F. v. Weizsäcker proposed a new theory of the origin of the solar system which appeared to merit consideration. Weizsäcker argued "that there would be turbulence in the solar nebula which would give rise to the formation of eddies having angular motion opposite to that of the rotation of the nebula" Abhyankar The Origin BASI 26 339. Weizsäcker's "principal idea was to regard the formation of a planetary system around a star as a possible last stage in the formation of the star itself" Chandrasekhar 1946 94. He believed that "the protoplanets were supposed to have formed at the sites of the ball bearing eddies and the merger of the protoplanets in the same orbit produced the known planets" Abhyankar 343. In the paper offered here the Indian American astrophysicist S. Chandrasekhar challenged Weizsäcker's theory and showed "that there will be a wide spectrum of turbulence with smaller eddies within the larger ones and there would be no regular pattern as suggested by Weizsäcker. Further the life time of the eddies will be too short for the formation of the planets" ibid. In other words Chandrasekhar's work "indicated that the regular pattern of vortices originally postulated by Weizsäcker could not occur but instead must be replaced by a range of eddy sizes" Brush A History of Modern Planetary Physics 14. Chandrasekhar's work led to the abandonment of Weizsäcker's theories. <br /> <br /> INCLUDED: Nobel Prize winner Percy Williams Bridgman's "Recent Work in the Field of High Pressures" pp. 1-94 an important review of work done in the field of high pressure physics between Bridgman's seminal 1930 work and 1946 the year he won the prize and R. Samuel's "The Dissociation Spectra of Covalent Polyatomic Molecules" pp. 103-148. CONDITION & DETAILS: Lancaster: American Physical Society. Complete issue in original wraps. 4to. 10.5 x 8 inches; 263 x 200mm. Very slight wear at the edges of the wraps and head and foot of the spine; small closed tear see images. Bright and clean throughout. Very good condition. American Physical Society paperback
270565898X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
