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1938165146Paris 1938. paperback. Pp. 5-19 IN: Zeitschrift fur Freie Deutsche Forschung. Jahrgang 1 Nummer 1. Herausgegeben von der Freien Deutschen Hochschule in Paris. 168p. printed wrappers. Paris Juli 1938.<br/> <br/> First number of this scarce short-lived exile publication featuring German & Austrian writers and scholars. Fine.<br/> <br/> unknown
1915000012055Leipzig: Verlag von B.G. Teubner 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large 8vo. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements 6 vi-viii 3 4-762 8 pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Contemporary half black morocco over brown paper boards with gilt lettering in a gilt border on the spine; all edges black. Dark green endpapers and pastedowns. With a blue silk ribbon bookmark bound in. With 106 in-text figures. The second title page states that this is the first volume of the third part of a series Die Kultur der Gegenwart Ihre Entwicklung und Ihre Ziele Herausgegebben von Paul Hinneberg. Dritter Teil Mathematik Naturwissenschaften Medizin. Dritte Abteilung Anorganische Naturwissenschaften unter Lietung von E. Lecher = Contemporary Culture . Part Three: Mathematics Natural Sciences Medicine . . Boni 69-70. Schilpp 76-77. This volume is dedicated to topics within physics: light mechanics motion electricity and other areas of research are illuminated by papers from several of the twentieth century's pre-eminent physicists including Einstein Planck Lorentz among others. This book contains Einstein's "Theoretische Atomistik" and "Die Relativitätstheorie" published here for the first time in book form "Die Relativitätstheorie" first appeared as a journal article. A lovely example. A touch of fading to the boards’ top edges overall an exceptional copy. Verlag von B.G. Teubner hardcover
19242905Berlin: Julius Springer 1924. First edition. original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of the presentation of "Bose-Einstein statistics." “In 1924 Bose found a way to derive Planck’s equation for black body radiation using a statistical approach based entirely on the idea that light is made up of tiny particles photons. This echoed the statistical mechanics approach of Ludwig Boltzmann to the behaviour of gases but using a different statistical rule; it derives black body radiation entirely in quantum terms without using the idea of electromagnetic radiation at all. Bose wrote a paper about his discovery and sent it to Albert Einstein who immediately saw its significance translated it into German and arranged for its publication in the prestigious Zeitschrift für Physik. Einstein developed the idea to apply to other kinds of particle not just to a ‘gas’ of photons which is why this approach is usually referred to as ‘Bose-Einstein statistics’. Paul Dirac coined the name ‘bosons’ for particles which obey Bose-Einstein statistics" Gribbin Q is for Quantum.<br /> <br /> Particle Physics: One Hundred Years of Discoveries: “Discovery of new statistical counting rules for light quanta and a new derivation of Planck’s radiation law. Known as Bose-Einstein quantum statistics for particles with integer spins.â€<br /> <br /> WITH a follow-up paper by Bose: "Wärmegleichgewicht im Strahlungsfeld bei Anwesenheit von Materie": "Bose's first paper in 'Zeitschrift für Physik' was followed by another that was also translated by Einstein and published during 1924. In it Bose provided a general statistical treatment of emission and absorption processes for electromagnetic radiation in equilibrium with matter. This paper was accompanied by a note by Einstein expressing serious doubts about the method. In January 1925 Bose wrote to Einstein from Paris that he was working on a paper he felt would remove these doubts. But it seems never to have been completed" DSB.<br /> <br /> Plancks Gesetz und Lichtquantenhypothese. IN: Zeitschrift für Physik Vol 26 No. 3 August 1924 pp. 178-81. Berlin: Julius Springer 1924. “Wärmegleichgewicht†Vol 27 No. 5/6 September 1924 pp. 384-93. Octavo original wrappers. “Planks Gesetz†with small closed tear at rear wrapper edge; otherwise fine condition; “Wärmegleichgewicht†with small chip to base of front wrapper. SCARCE in original wrappers. Julius Springer unknown
195032820550<p>This photograph shows a reunion of friends. The Sternbergers and Einstein had known one other in Europe and met again in Princeton. Ilse was Sternberger's wife collaborator and perennial foil. She was a constant source of warmth during sometimes-contentious sittings. She also helped document their life publishing several articles on Sternberger's work and their sessions with famous sitters after his death.</p><br /><p>Gelatin silver print 20 x 30 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 10 copies embossed and numbered.</p><br /><p><b>$2500 unframed; framed: $3000 </b></p>
195032820558<p>In this portrait Sternberger shows Einstein dressed informally. Einstein was keenly aware of his public image and often attempted to show a cheerful visage. The common backgrounds of the two men helped the photographer to put Einstein in a relaxed state and to capture him in a more vulnerable pose.</p><p>Marcel Sternberger and Albert Einstein had known each other in Europe long before the two met again in Princeton New Jersey for this session. Before the men left Europe Einstein had furnished the preface to a book written by Sternberger.</p><p>After a warm welcome and lemonade the men settled in for the sitting. They discussed various topics including World War II and the state of American education. Although some photographs from the session show Einstein with a telltale twinkle in his eye here the great scientist appears fatigued. The seriousness of their conversation seems to have worn him down.</p><p>Still the conversation had its moments of levity. At one moment Sternberger asked Einstein to remove his suspenders. Einstein replied "I am going to lose my trousers! I can't." Einstein instead put on one of his trademark sweatshirts.</p><p>Here modern science's greatest mind is forever immortalized as only Sternberger could. He has found a depth of personality exceeding photographs produced without regard to the sitter's inner psychological state.</p><br /><p>Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 in. Archivally framed. Estate Edition a limited edition of 20 copies embossed and numbered.</p><br /><p><b>$1250 unframed; framed: $1650 </b></p>
19482327Princeton NJ: np 1948. framed. Fine. ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED IMAGES OF EINSTEIN SIGNED BY MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER YOUSUF KARSH. On February 11 1948 Yousuf Karsh perhaps the most accomplished portrait photographer of his generation visited The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton to fulfill a dream of his: to photograph Albert Einstein. As he later explained: "Among the tasks that life as a photographer had set me a portrait of Albert Einstein had always seemed a 'must' - not only because this greatest refugee of our century has been accounted by all the world as the most outstanding scientist since Newton but because his face in all its rough grandeur invited and challenged the camera." Karsh: Beyond the Camera David Travis ed. "At Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study I found Einstein a simple kindly almost childlike man too great for any of the postures of eminence. One did not have to understand his science to feel the power of his mind or the force of his personality" official Karsh website. "Awed before this unique intellect I yet ventured to ask Einstein his views on human immortality. He mused for a moment and then replied 'What I believe of immortality There are two kinds. The first lives in the imagination of people and is thus an illusion. There is a relative immortality which may conserve the memory of an individual for some generations. But there is only one true immortality on a cosmic scale ant that is the immortality of the cosmos itself. There is no other.' "He spoke of these ultimate mysteries as calmly as he might a student's question about mathematics - with such an air of quiet confidence indeed that I found his answer profoundly disturbing to one who held other views. Knowing him to be an accomplished violinist I turned the conversation and asked if there were any connection between music and mathematics. 'In art he said 'and in the higher ranges of science there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavour. There is no true greatness in art or science without that sense of harmony. He who lacks it can never be more than a great technician in either field.' "Was he optimistic about the future harmony of mankind itself He appeared to ponder deeply and remarked in graver tones: 'Optimistic No. But if mankind fails to find a harmonious solution than there will be disaster on a dimension beyond anyone's imagination.' To what source should we look for the hope of the world's future 'To ourselves' said Einstein. He spoke sadly yet serenely as one who had looked into the universe far past mankind's small affairs. In this humor my camera caught him. the portrait of a man who had traveled beyond hope or despair." Yousuf Karsh Regarding Heroes. Opening quote from: Colin Naylor ed. Contemporary Photographers. Silver print. Photo taken Princeton 1948. Printed later. Signed by Karsh in full beneath the image on photographer's mount. With Karsh's original calling "card" - a 4x10 inch cardboard slip - included. Image: 8x9 inches. Framed to an overall size of 12x15 inches. Fine condition. np unknown
193319458Geneva: Institut International De Cooperation Intellectuelle 1933 French language first edition. This rare and virtually impossible book in hardcover to find is a first edition written by Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud from a letter exchange they had as a plea for no war again in Europe. It was published in 1933 simultaneously in English Why War French and German for a total printing of 3000 copies. The 2000 copies in German were seized by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in 1933 and banned for sale and distribution and were burned. This is an extremely rare book and is only seen in a reprint. This is the French first edition published in Geneva Switzerland in 1933. Green woven cloth exterior with small black spine label in near fine unmarked condition. "Einstein-Freud Pourquoi La Guerre" on spine label. This copy was found in a bookstall in 2009 in Rome Italy. This book is copy No 392 /3000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Institut International De Cooperation Intellectuelle hardcover
193319458Geneva: Institut International De Cooperation Intellectuelle 1933 French language first edition. This rare and virtually impossible book in hardcover to find is a first edition written by Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud from a letter exchange they had as a plea for no war again in Europe. It was published in 1933 simultaneously in English Why War French and German for a total printing of 3000 copies. The 2000 copies in German were seized by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in 1933 and banned for sale and distribution and were burned. This is an extremely rare book and is only seen in a reprint. This is the French first edition published in Geneva Switzerland in 1933. Green woven cloth exterior with small black spine label in near fine unmarked condition. "Einstein-Freud Pourquoi La Guerre" on spine label. This copy was found in a bookstall in 2009 in Rome Italy. This book is copy No 392 /3000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Institut International De Cooperation Intellectuelle hardcover
191850342Leipzig 1918. Prinzipielles zur allgemeinen relativitätstheorie. In Annalen der Physik 55 241-244 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Bookbinder's embossed stamp of ffep. Whole volume: 632 pp. 1 folding plate. Figs. Text-illust. 210 x 130 mm. Very good. Approximate English translation of title: "On the foundations of the general theory of relativity."</p> <br /> <br /> <p> "Here we are given the first new presentation of the foundations of general relativity since the developments of March 1916 when Einstein gave his first systematic exposition." p. 300. Calaprice Kennefick & Shulmann. An Einstein Encyclopedia. 2015. </p> <br /> <br /> <p>Weil's Einstein Bibliography no. 96. <br> Boni's Checklist no. 100.</p> <br /> <br /> <p>Also in this volume: Born Max 1882-1970. Elektronentheorie des Natürlichen optischen Drehungs vermögens isotroper und anisotroper Flüssigkeiten pp. 175-240. Approximate Eng. translation of title: "Electron theory of the natural optical rotation ability of isotropic and anisotropic liquids". Max Born 1882-1970 was a German physicist and mathematician who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. He also made contributions to solid-state physics and optics as well as supervised a number of notable physicists in the 1920s and 1930s. Born won the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics especially in the statistical interpretation of the wave function." In 1919 a chance meeting with Fritz Haber 1868-1934 led to the discussion of how an ionic compound is formed when a metal reacts with a halogen - a process now known as the Born-Haber cycle Wikipedia. </p> . unknown
191840496Leipzig Johann Ambrosius Barth 1918. Without wrappers as extracted from "Annalen der Physik" Vierte Folge Bd. 55 Heft 4. The whole number present pp. 241-336. Einsteins paper pp. 241-244. <br/><br/><em>First printing the periodical form. Einstein believed around 1918 "in the relativity of inertia that in 1918 in the paper offered he stated as being on equal footing three principles on which a satisfactory theory of gravitation should rest: 1. The principle of relativity as expressed by general covarianc. 2. The principle of equivalence. 3. Mach's principle the first time this term entered the literature: 'Das G-Feld ist 'restlos' durch die Massen der Körper bestimmt.' that is the g. are completely determined by the mass of bodies more generally bu T."Pais The Science of Albert Einstein p.287. - Weil:96. - Boni: 100. </em> unknown
1918581Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth 1918. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF EINSTEIN'S DISCUSSION OF MACH'S PRINCIPLE a theory Einstein names and one which was historically important to the inspiration that would lead to general relativity. Mach's principle states that "local physical laws are determined by the large-scale structure of the universe" Wikipedia. To Einstein Mach's principle posited the belief that inertia originates in a kind of interaction between bodies. <br /> <br /> "So strongly did Einstein believe at that time in the relativity of inertia that in this paper he stated it as being on equal footing three principles on which a satisfactory theory of gravitation should rest: 1. The principle of relativity as expressed by general covariance. 2. The principle of equivalence. 3. Mach's principle the first time this term entered the literature" Pais The Science of Albert Einstein 287. <br /> <br /> Einstein brought Mach's principle into mainstream physics while working on general relativity. Indeed it was Einstein who first coined the phrase Mach's principle. Weil 96. Boni 100. Collected Papers 1918e. <br /> <br /> ALSO IN THIS VOLUME Max Born's Electron theory of natural optic rotation processes in isotropic and anisotropic liquids pp. 177-240. CONDITION & DETAILS: Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth. 8vo. 8 x 5 inches; 200mm x 125mm; Full volume with front original wrap of each issue 1-8 is bound in the rear. Handsomely rebound in three-quarter calf over marbled paper boards; four raised bands at the spine; gilt-lettered and tooled. Very tightly bound. Ex-libris with five numbers written in a light hand on the title page and a very occasional round stamp within. Very good condition. Johann Ambrosius Barth hardcover
1981400909Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover; 553 pages. Scarce. Red cloth hardcovers with gilt titles on cover and spine. Minor edgewear. Previous owner's name inked on outside page ends stamp on ffep. Pages white flat unmarked. VERY GOOD <br/> <br/> Massachusetts Institute of Technology hardcover
1932623893New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Stanley Walker. Octavo. 261pp. Fine in very good or better dust jacket with modest shallow chipping mostly on the spine ends and several small tears. One of the great accounts of prohibition and law enforcement described on the jacket as "the startling and humorous disclosures of America's most famous prohibition agent." The printed dedication is "To the 4932 persons I arrested hoping they bear me no grudge for having done my duty." Einstein describes himself in the book and on the jacket as a "Former Prohibition Sleuth. Jackie Gleason played Einstein in the 1985 TV movie Izzy & Moe alongside Art Carney in their final screen appearance together as his partner Agent Moe Smith. Exceptionally uncommon in jacket; we've only seen one other copy thus. Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
193173651-A-64388Berlin: Propyläen 1931. Signed by Johan Dijkstra on the title page. Cloth binding gilted. Many tipped-in ills in color and many ills in b/w. 655 p. -Boards worn around the edges dedication in ink on the fly-leaf but otherwise the book is in very good condition. Johan Dijkstra 1896-1978 was a Dutch artist and one of the foudners of Groninger Kunstkring De Ploeg. Propyläen hardcover
1996x-0805815368Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc 1996. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 440 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc hardcover
1995Q-0805815368Psychology Press 1995-12-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Psychology Press hardcover
1922432871922. <p>Einstein Albert 1879-1955 and Paul Ehrenfest 1880-1933. Quantentheoretische Bemerkungen zum Experiment von Stern und Gerlach. Offprint from Zeitschrift für Physik 11 1922. 31-34pp. 229 x 155 mm. Original printed self-wrappers. Light toning but fine otherwise. </p> <p>First Edition Offprint Issue. In 1922 the physicists Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach conducted a now-classic experiment in which a beam of silver atoms was streamed through an inharmonious magnetic field in order to observe the atoms' deflection patterns. Rather than a random and continuous distribution as predicted by classical theory the atoms passing through the field were deflected up or down by a specific amount demonstrating that they had intrinsically quantum properties. The Stern-Gerlach experiment corroborated the Bohr-Sommerfeld model of the atom and strongly influenced later developments in 20th century physics. However the experiment also created some serious difficulties for quantum physicists in the period before the rise of the "new" quantum mechanics. </p> <p>Einstein and Ehrenfest addressed one of these difficulties-connected with space quantization-in their joint paper in which </p> <p>"they dealt in particular with the problem of how the orbits of the atom would obtain their discrete directions which they exhibit while passing through the inhomogeneous magnetic field. Under the assumption that the mechanism causing the orientation was provided by the interaction with the radiation field Einstein and Ehrenfest estimated that for a field strength of 10000 G a change in the direction of the orbit would take place in roughly 1011 s; this long time interval would be reduced in the presence of heat radiation at room temperature . . . to about 109 s. How could they asked the experimental situation be explained which implied that the discrete orientations of the orbits in silver atoms were obtained in less than 10-4 s. In order to deal with this evident puzzle Einstein and Ehrenfest proposed two alternatives: first that the silver atoms were always in the states of spatial quantization; second the orientations of the electron orbits arose from an interaction of the atoms with the radiation field which involved much smaller reaction times . . . However they found that both alternatives created considerable difficulties in the understanding of the atomic processes . . . Thus Einstein and Ehrenfest concluded: 'The difficulties mentioned above show how unsatisfactory are both interpretations of the results found by Stern and Gerlach'" Mehra & Rechenberg The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1 pp. 443-444. </p> <p>Pais Subtle is the Lord p. 328. Weil Albert Einstein Bibliography 121.</p> . unknown
1945007988Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1945. Small repairs at spine ends; library ink stamp on front flyleaf; embossed stamp on title page. First Edition in French. Original Printed Wrappers. Good Plus. Gauthier-Villars Paperback
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
19206874New York: Henry Holt and Company 1920. First American Edition First Printing. First American edition first printing with the 1920 date on the title page and no additional printings listed on the copyright page. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.5" with 168 numbered pages. <br /> <br /> This book is in good condition. Heavy spotting to the original dark cloth boards. Moderate foxing to the edges of the textblock. Old bookseller ticket on the front pastedown. Previous owner's stamp on the front endpaper. Moderate foxing to front endpapers and title page. Interior pages are otherwise clean. <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# P1-70. Henry Holt and Company unknown
1961207489New York: Crown Publishers 1961. First Edition; Nineteenth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Crown Publishers hardcover
1920001806<p>London: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1920. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First English Translation. 8vo xiii pp138 complete with b/w frontis portrait of the author and 8 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. hardcover no dust jacket. Publishers red cloth binding with blind-stamped titles to front board and black titles to spine gilt totally rubbed off in good condition with sunning to spine some shelf wear to top & tail of spine and bumping to tips of boards. Inside cracked in a couple of places with front board a little loose but binding still sound and solid with a little yellowing to pages a few discreet notes and sums to page 115-118 with the occasional mark to pages and some spotting to fore edge. Overall a good copy of this scarce 1st edition. <br /><br /></p> Methuen & Co. Ltd hardcover
1931GB00085ZPRAI5N01Crown Publishers 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Crown Publishers hardcover
19214929<p>Second Printing. In good condition signature and back pastedown stains at margings of pages 54-66 soiling to top edge cloth cover with wear to edges and corners.</p> Henry Holt and Company hardcover
1921419355New York: Henry Holt and Company 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. This is the 3rd Large Printing. Translated by Professor Robert W. Lawson M.Sc. Henry Holt and Company hardcover