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    [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7...

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    • Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7...
    • Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7...
    • Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7...
    • Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7...
    Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7... Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7... Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7... Books:Biography & Memoir, [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7... View More >
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    [Albert Einstein, subject]. Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume 7. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Evanston, Illinois: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949. First edition, limited to 760 copies, of which this is number 208, and signed by Einstein. Octavo (9.75 x 6.5 inches; 247 x 171 mm.). xii, 781, [3, blank] pages; frontispiece portrait of Einstein by Yousuf Karsh. Publisher's brown leatherette over boards with beveled edges, gilt-stamped facsimile signature of Einstein on the front board, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; in the original slipcase. Spine faintly dulled; mild rubbing and bumping to spine tailcap; several pages unopened. Slipcase is slightly sunned; some edgewear and a few bumps to slipcase; one joint to slipcase is splitting. Still, a fine copy. An excellent biography, containing articles by Einstein, Wolfgang Pauli, Louis de Broglie, Max Born, Kurt Gödel, and Niels Bohr. From the James C. Seacrest Collection.

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