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Albert Einstein. A Collection of Thirty-Nine Books and Offprints. [Various places: various publishers, various dates]. ... (Total: 24 Items)
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A Collection of Books and Offprints by or About Einstein, Some Related to Relativity
Albert Einstein. A Collection of Thirty-Nine Books and
Offprints. [Various places: various publishers, various dates].
Consisting of the following books: Albert Einstein:
Philosopher-Scientist. First edition, one of 760 copies
signed by Einstein. [And:] Die Evolution der
Physik (written with Leopold Infeld). Later German
edition. [And:] Essays in Science. Abridged
edition. First edition in English; and another later copy.
[And:] Theodore von Karman. Anniversary
Volume. Inscribed by Karman. Einstein contributed to
an article on pages 212-225. [And:] Die
Naturwissenschaften. The volume for 1935 of this magazine
of natural science (no apparent link to Einstein or relativity).
[And:] The Drift of Civilization. First
American edition. Einstein wrote an article on pages 101-108.
[And:] The World as I See It. Later edition.
[And:] The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell.
First trade edition. Einstein is mentioned several times.
[Together With the Following Magazines or Offprints:]
Annalen der Physik.1901. First edition of
Einstein's first publication ("Folgerungen aus den
capillaritatserscheinungen" on pages 523-523. This copy bound
in cloth. Chemised in slipcase. [And:] Entwurf Einer
Verallgemeinerten Relativitatstheorie... 1913. Wrappers.
One of Einstein's most important papers on Relativity.
[And:] Physica. Two volumes, one from 1926, the
other from 1928. Einstein has an article ("Toespraak bij de
herdenking...") on page 20 of the 1926 volume. Both in later
library bindings. [And:] Vierteljahrsschrift der
Astronomischen Gesellschaft, 1922-1928. Twenty issues of
this magazine on astronomy in wrappers (unknown what Einstein
association this is). [And:] Sammlung Vieweg. Uber die
spizielle und die allemeine Relativitatstheorie. 1920.
[And:] Die Atomtheorie (by Dr. Leo Graetz),
1922. Related to Relativity. [And:] Das
Relativitatsprinzip (by A. Brill). 1920. Related to
Relativity. [And:] Das Problem des Absoluten Raumes
und Seine Beziehung Zum Allgemeinen Raumproblem (by Aloys
Muller), 1911. Related to Relativity. [And:] Gesprach
uber die Atomtheorie (by Dr. Hans Schimank), 1921. Related
to Relativity. [These last five volumes in matching later library
bindings]. Generally very good.
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