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19801215111980 Editions InterEditions - 1980 - In-8, broché - 197 p. - Ouvrage bilingue (français-allemand)
1972133380Seuil 1972 In-8 broché 20,6 cm sur 14,1. 255 pages. État correct d’occasion.
197946566Hermann Couverture souple Paris 1979
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
19712090502128600786Hosei University Press 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 178p Portrait size: 46 size Hosei University Press paperback
1979Ein0029Paris, Collection Savoir Hermann, 1979. - kartoniert, 327 S. - deutliche Lesespuren, etwas eselsohrig, Rücken knickspurig, Besitzervermerk auf Titel - 8° Buch kartoniert
19317488<p>Cosmic Philosophy by Albert Einstein <br />first edition<br />hardcover<br />Publisher:<br />Covici Friede 1931<br />Condition: <br />Very Good - general wear<br />no writings tight binding</p> Covici, Friede hardcover
193110392<p>Covici Friede New York 1931. First Edition. HC VG Pale blue cloth with black writing title and author. Both inside covers back and front have foxing. Inside cover has previous owner's name and small mark ex-libris. See photos. </p> Covici Friede hardcover
19311136Covici Friede 1931. Very Good. 8vo blue buckram cloth blue titles 109pp. First edition with 1931 copyright date to title page. Boards minimally faded to spine and corner edges pages toned. Contents clean binding sharp and square. A cosmological essay prefaced by an appreciation of Einstein by George Bernard Shaw two short essays on pacifism and the Jewish people and various collected opinions and aphorisms of Einstein’s. From the personal library of Television frontman Tom Verlaine songwriter guitarist and book collector featuring his handwriting on a tipped-in paper slip. A nice copy of a rather scarce title. . Covici Friede unknown
1931021909New York: Covici Friede 1931. First Edition. hardcover. Some pencil markings in text title page and endpapers darkened not really affecting Einstein's inscription; covers a little soiled. Good to Very Good and quite scarce. With a long biographical note and an appreciation by George Bernard Shaw. Subjects include Disarmament Pacifism the Jewish Homeland and more. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author with his scarcer full signature on the front endpaper: "To little Pauline/Albert Einstein/1933." An uncommon title to find signed by the man of the century. With a letter of authenticity from James Spence if you need that kind of security blanket. <br/><br/> Covici Friede hardcover
1258001470.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1258113112.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1931207020New York: Covici-Friede 1931. First edition. Jacket worn and with some loss tape repair on spine. 8vo. Cloth; dust jacklet. Contains Einstein's famous essay on science and religion and other essays on Judaism pacifism and other related topics. <br/><br/> Covici-Friede hardcover books
19312240New York: Covici Friede 1931. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1931 1st edition. Clean and VG in its original blue cloth. 12mo 109 pgs. Light offsetting at the gutters tasteful former owner bookplate to front pastedown. <br/><br/> Covici, Friede hardcover books
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198920350Edita, Lausanne/Conti 1989 In-4, broché couv. illustrée. 153pp. dos insole.
1988975251988 Fayard, collection le temps des sciences - 1988 - In-8 broché - 395 pages - quelques reproductions photographiques
9290Fayard -Le temps des Sciences Fort Volume In-8, dense, broché, couverture sobre blanche glacée, 395 pages, peu fané et en bel état par ailleurs.
48088Fayard.1988.In-8 br.395 p.Ills. TBE.
192687921Editions Stock , La Culture Moderne Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1926 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché, sous couverture imprimée éditeur rouge In-8 1 vol. - 125 pages
