‎Über die Theorie des Stoßes zwischen Atomen und elektrisch geladenen Teilchen.‎

‎Braunschweig und Berlin, Vieweg & Sohn, Julius Springer, 1924. 8vo. In comtemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Band 29. Entire issue offered. Stamp to front free end paper. Otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 315-327. [Entire volume: IV, 398 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Fermi's paper on the impact between atoms and electrically charged particles.In statistical mechanics he had written subtle papers on the ergodic hypothesis and on quantum theory. Here he had developed an original form of analyzing collisions of charged particles. He developed the field produced by the charged particle by the Fourier integral and used the information from optical processes to determine the result of the collision. This method was later refined and better justified on the basis of quantum mechanics and is generally known as the Weizsäcker-Williams method.‎

‎Über die Theorie des Stoßes zwischen Atomen und elektrisch geladenen Teilchen.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1924. 8vo. In comtemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Band 29. Entire issue offered. Stamp to front free end paper and title page. Otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 315-327. [Entire volume: IV, 398 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Fermi's paper on the impact between atoms and electrically charged particles.In statistical mechanics he had written subtle papers on the ergodic hypothesis and on quantum theory. Here he had developed an original form of analyzing collisions of charged particles. He developed the field produced by the charged particle by the Fourier integral and used the information from optical processes to determine the result of the collision. This method was later refined and better justified on the basis of quantum mechanics and is generally known as the Weizsäcker-Williams method.‎

‎Artificial Radioactivity produced by Neutron Bombardment. (Communicated by Lord Rutherford) + Artificial Radioactivity produced by Neutron Bombardment - II. (Communicated by Lord Rutherford). 2 Papers.‎

‎London, Harrison and Sons, 1934 a. 1935. Royal8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. full cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. A stamp on verso of titlepages. In: ""Proceedings of the Royal Society"", Series A, Vol. 146 and vol. 149. VI,942 pp. + VIII,600 pp. (Entire volumes offered). The joint papers: pp. 483-500 (1934) and pp. 522-558 (1935).‎

‎These seminal papers constitutes the description of the first realization of artificial radioactivity produced by neutron bombardment, and it is the first demonstration of neutron-induced radioactivity. These highlights and his many other results have left their imprint on the most diverse parts of physics. Fermi was awarded the Nobel prize in 1938 for these discoveries.""Acting on this idea, (Fermi reasoned that neutrons should be more effective than alpha particles in producing radioactive elements because they are not repelled by the nuclear charge and thus have a much greater probability of entering the target nuclei) Fermi bombarded several elements of increasing atomic numbers with neutrons. He hoped to find an artificial radioactivity produced by the neutrons. His first success was with fluorine. The neutron source was a small ampul containing beryllium metal and radon gas. The detecting apparatus consisted of rather primitive Geiger-Müller counters. Immediately thereafter Fermi, with the help of Amaldi, D’Agostino, Rasetti, and Segrè, carried out a systematic investigation of the behavior of elements throughout the periodic table. In most cases they performed chemical analysis to identify the chemical element that was the carrier of the activity. In the first survey, out of sixty-three elements investigated, thirty-seven showed an easily detectable activity. The nuclear reactions of (n, a), (n, p), and (n, ?) were then identified, and all available elements, including uranium and thorium, were irradiated. In uranium and thorium the investigators found several forms of activity after bombardment but did not recognize fission. Fermi and his collaborators, having proved that no radioactive isotopes were formed between lead and uranium, put forward the natural hypothesis that the activity was due to transuranic elements. These studies, which were continued by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Irène Joliot Curie, Frédéric Joliot, and Savitch, culminated in 1938 in the discovery of fission by Hahn and Fritz Strassmann.""(DSB).""The present papers are a summary of these letters (the letters from the team communicated almost weakly to ""Ricerca Scientifica"") for the English speaking readers. ""When we (Fermi and Segre) went to Cambridge, we discussed with him (rutherford), in great detail, our work. The work which had been accomplished up to that date by our group is summarized in a paper which was presented by Lord Rutherford to the Royal Society (Paper No. 98). The manuscript of this paper had been prepared in Rome and delivered to him in Cambridge. he read it immediately with great attention, made several corrections to improve our English, and turned it over to the Royal Society. I asked him whether it would be possible to obtain a speedy publication and he immediately answered ""What did you think I was President of the Royal Society for ?"" (Collected Papers of Enrico Fermi, Vol. I, p. 641).Volume 149 contains the importent joint paper on SUPERCONDUCTIVITY by the brothers FRITZ And H. LONDON ""The Electromagnetic Equations of the Superconductor"", pp. 71-88.""In 1933 shortly before Heinz London joined his brother at Oxford, W. Meissner and R. Ochsenfeld made a startling discovery. It was well known that currents in superconductors flow in such a way as to shield points inside the material from changes in the external magnetic field. This indeed is an obvious property of any resistance less medium, fully discussed by Maxwell in 1873 long before the discovery of superconductivity. But a superconductor does more. Whereas a zero resistance medium only counteracts changes in the field, it actually tends to expel the field present in its interior before cooling.... The London quickly saw its implications and in 1935 published a joint paper on the electrodynamics of superconductors, in which they replaced (paper by Deaver and Fairbanks) by a new phenomenological equation connecting the current with the magnetic rather than the electric field... ""(DSB).‎

‎Eine statistische Methode zur Bestimmung einiger Eigenschaften des Atoms und ihre Anwendung auf die Theorie des periodischen Systems der Elemente. Mit 1 Abbindung.‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1928. 8vo. Bound in half cloth with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik, 48. Band, 1948."" Library stamp to front free end paper. A very nice and clean copy. [Fermi:] Pp. 73-79. [Entire issue: VIII, 891 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Fermi's paper on the statistical method for the determination of properties of the atom. ""During the years 1926-1932 Fermi and his associates did first-class but conventional theoretical physics, within the pattern laid down by the physicists of northern Europe. These were the concluding years of the theory of atomic structure"" with the invention of wave mechanics and the relativistic explanation of the electrons' intrinsic angular momentum, the theory as we know it today was completed, and Fermi helped complete the picture. He applied his degenerate gas theory to the electrons in atomic structure, producing a statistical atomic model [In the present paper]"". (Allison , Enrico Fermi - A Biographical Memoir, 1957, P. 127). Fermi is widely regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 20th century, Along with Oppenheimer he is frequently referred to as ""the father of the atomic bomb"". The volume contain the following paper of interest: NEUMANN, J. V. Einige Bemerkungen zur Diracschen Theorie des Drehelektrons. Pp. 868-81.And many other. ‎

‎Versuche einer Theorie der Beta-Strahlen. - [THE DISCOVERY BETA-DECAY AND THE NEUTRINO.]‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1934. 8vo. Bound in nice half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Published in ""Zeitschrift für Physik"". Pp. 161-177. [Entire volume: VIII, 825 pp]. Library stamp to free front end-paper. Clean and fine.‎

‎First edition of Fermi's seminal and exceedingly important paper on beta-decay. In one stroke, Fermi had solved the major problem of beta decay: How do electrons come out of the nucleus if there are non to begin with? In the paper he coined the term neutrino and his groundbreaking work awarded him the Nobel Prize in physics in 1938.How pioneering and daring Fermi's theory was became clear when he first submitted his paper to the prestigious journal Nature. The journal's editor turned it down because ""it contained speculations which were too remote from reality"", consequently it became published in Zeitschrift für Physik. Eventually six years later, in 1939, Nature published Fermi's paper.In late 1933 Fermi wrote his famous article offering an elegant solution to a well know problem: Fermi proposed an entire new force of nature, the weak force. ""This new force, together with gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong interaction which binds the particles of the nucleus, constitutes the family of forces presently known in physics. The should account for the whole universe. Weak interactions [forces] occur between all particles and are thus unlike electromagnetism or strong interactions, which are restricted to certain particles. The first manifestation of the weak interaction to be treated in detail was the beta decay."" (DSB, IV, p. 579b).The ""canonical formalism of Heisenberg and Pauli gave rise, in the thirties and forties, to many applications of which the most important may be mentioned here: 1934 Enrico Fermi gave the formal explanation of beta-radioactivity of atomic nuclei by making use of the hypothesis formulated by Pauli in 1930 which postulated the existence."" (Enz, Charles. Of Matter And Spirit, 2009, p. 167).Pauli had named his proposed light particle a neutron. James Chadwick had named his much more massive nuclear particle a neutron as well which left the two particles with the same name. Fermi therefore, to solve the confusion, coined the term neutrino (Italian diminutive of neutron). Fermi is widely regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 20th century, Along with Oppenheimer he is frequently referred to as ""the father of the atomic bomb"".‎

‎Über die magnetischen Momente der AtomKerne. - [FERMI CONTACT INTERACTION]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1930. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 60, 1930. Entire issue offered. Stamp to title page and light wear to extremities, one leaf detached, otherwise fine and clean. VIII, 871 pp.‎

‎First appearance of Fermi's important paper on a quantitative theory of the hyperfine structures of spectrum lines which later was to be named 'Fermi Contact Interaction'. The present paper was considered one of his most important by the Nobel Prize commitee.""Fermi contact interaction"" is the magnetic interaction between an electron and an atomic nucleus when the electron is inside that nucleus. ‎

‎Über die magnetischen Momente der AtomKerne. - [FERMI CONTACT INTERACTION]‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1930. 8vo. In contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 60, 1930. Entire volume offered. Stamp to title page and light wear to extremities, one leaf detached, otherwise fine and clean. VIII, 871 pp.‎

‎First appearance of Fermi's important paper on a quantitative theory of the hyperfine structures of spectrum lines which later was to be named 'Fermi Contact Interaction'. The present paper was considered one of his most important by the Nobel Prize commitee.""Fermi contact interaction"" is the magnetic interaction between an electron and an atomic nucleus when the electron is inside that nucleus. ‎

‎Are Mesons Elementary Particles? - [ARE MESONS ELEMENTARY PARTICLES?]‎

‎Lancaster, American Institute of Physics, 1949 Lex8vo. Volume 76, December 15, No. 12, 1949 of ""The Physical Review"", Second Series. In the original printed blue wrappers. Minor browning to extremities and slight wear to spine. Internally fine and clean. Pp. 1739-1743. [Entire issue: Pp. 1739-1934, iii-xv].‎

‎First edition of Fermi and Yang's important paper in which they discusses whether Mesons, subatomic particles composed of one quark and one antiquark, are elementary particles. ""[The present paper] certainly touches very fundamental and deep questions. In it they develop the idea that a meson might be a tightly bound combination of a nucleon and an antinucleon. [...] This early incomplete attempt has left a trace in particle physics, and its fundamental ideas echo in later work."" (Segrè, Emilio. Enrico Fermi, Physicist, 1970, p. 170).Fermi is widely regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 20th century, Along with Oppenheimer he is frequently referred to as ""the father of the atomic bomb"". Yang received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for his work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction. When the present paper was written Yang functioned as Fermi's assistant.‎

‎Zur Theorie der Hyperfeinstruktur.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1933. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 82, 1933. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 729-49 [Entire volume: VIII, 838 pp.].‎

‎First German edition published the same year as the original (""Sulla teoria delle strutture iperfini"", published in Reale acc. d'Italia, memorie cl. scienze fisiche 4 (1933)) of Fermi and Segré's important paper on hyperfine structure. In 1930 Fermi started to work on the hyperfine structure of spectra lines, a subject that he further developed in collaboration with Segrè in 1932-3, the present paper being his being his final on the subject.Hyperfine structures was the research area the initially caught Fermi's interest in physics: ""At this time quantum mechanics had reached its full development"" nonrelativistic problems, at least in principle, were soluble except for mathematical difficulties. In this sense atomic physics was showing signs of exhaustion, and one could expect the next really important advances to be in the study of the nucleus. Realizing this, Fermi decided to switch to nuclear physics. He initially investigated the theory of the hyperfine structure of the spectral lines and the nuclear magnetic momenta (FP no. 57), a suitable subject for making the transition from atomic to nuclear physics.""‎

‎Zur Theorie der Hyperfeinstruktur.‎

‎Berlin, Springer, 1933. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Zeitschrift für Physik"", Bd. 82, 1933. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 729-49 [Entire volume: VIII, 838 pp.].‎

‎First German edition published the same year as the original (""Sulla teoria delle strutture iperfini"", published in Reale acc. d'Italia, memorie cl. scienze fisiche 4 (1933)) of Fermi and Segré's important paper on hyperfine structure. In 1930 Fermi started to work on the hyperfine structure of spectra lines, a subject that he further developed in collaboration with Segrè in 1932-3, the present paper being his being his final on the subject.Hyperfine structures was the research area the initially caught Fermi's interest in physics: ""At this time quantum mechanics had reached its full development"" nonrelativistic problems, at least in principle, were soluble except for mathematical difficulties. In this sense atomic physics was showing signs of exhaustion, and one could expect the next really important advances to be in the study of the nucleus. Realizing this, Fermi decided to switch to nuclear physics. He initially investigated the theory of the hyperfine structure of the spectral lines and the nuclear magnetic momenta (FP no. 57), a suitable subject for making the transition from atomic to nuclear physics.""‎

‎Thermal Neutron Velocity Selector and Its Application to the Measurement of the Cross Section of Boron. (In ""The Physical Review. Volume 72, August, Number 3, 1947""). - [FIRST PRESENTATION OF FERMI'S THERMAL NEUTRON VELOCITY SELECTOR]‎

‎Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1947. Lex8vo. Bound in recent black half cloth with the original green wrappers. Small library stamp to front wrapper. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 193-96. [Entire issue: 189-261].‎

‎First printing of Fermi's paper in which he presented his thermal neutron velocity selector designed at the Los Alamos Laboratory. ‎

‎Moleküle und Kristalle. Autorisierte Übersetzung von Michael Schön und Karl Birus. Mit 55 Abbildungen im Text.‎

‎Leipzig, Ambrosius Barth, 1938. Orig. full cloth. VII,234 pp.‎

‎First German edition.‎

‎L'Histoire de l'Energie Atomique.‎

‎NATHAN Fernand. Juin 1964. In-12. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 156 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc. Nombreuses illustrations et photos en noir et blanc, dans le texte et hors-texte. Ouvrage de bibliothèque : code de bibliothèque sur le dos, tampons de bibliothèque sur la page de titre et dans quelques marges. 1er plat de couverture brochée, conservé. Mors usés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎"""Histoires et Documents"" Classification Dewey : 530-Physique"‎

‎"""Eurêka !"", les joies de l'invention; Le principe d'Archimède. Collection : Grandes idées de la science."‎

‎Paris, RBA, 2013. 15 x 24, 159 pp., quelques illustrations, reliure d'édition carton imprimé, très bon état.‎

‎Traduction par Nathalie Barrié.‎

‎TRAITE DE PHYSIQUE ELEMENTAIRE / TREIZIEME EDITION.‎

‎MASSON ET CIE. 1900. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. VIII + 880 pages illustrées de nombreuses figures dans le texte - Tampon sur la page de titre - Quemques pages dessolidarisées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Pesanteur et hydrostatique / Chaleur / Acoustique / Optique / Propagation de la chaleur. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Cours de Physique. 2ème partie : Electricité et Magnétisme, Acoustique. A l'usage des classes de Lettres.‎

‎MASSON G.. 1888. In-12. Cartonné. Etat passable, Couv. légèrement passée, Mors fendus, Mouillures. 288 pages. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, dans le texte. Mouillures sur les 80 premières pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Cours de physique -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE‎

‎P., Masson, 1886, un volume in 8 relié en demi-chagrin noir (reliure de l'époque), (2), 684pp., nombreuses figures dans le texte REPRESENTANT DES APPAREILS ET INSTRUMENTS DE PHYSIQUE AINSI QUE DES EXPERIENCES DE PHYSIQUE‎

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‎Cours de physique. Pour la classe de mathématiques spéciales.‎

‎ Paris, MASSON 1875,in8 relire demie basane, 520p. 1ere edition, 342 ills.intexte,‎

‎plats defraichis et frottés,quelques traces de mouillures en marges des premiers feuillets,dans l'etat ‎

‎Cours de Physique pour la classe de mathématiques spéciales. Deuxième édition entièrement revue et augmentée. Avec 361 figures dans le texte.‎

‎ Paris, G. Masson 1878, 245x150mm, 536pages, broché. Couverture salie, coin inférieur droit déchiré. Dos légèrement abîmé. Rousseurs. ‎

‎Cours de physique pour la classe de mathématiques spéciales.Troisième édition entièrement revue et modifiée. Avec figures dans le texte.‎

‎ Paris, G. Masson 1886, 235x150mm, 684pages, reliure demi-basane. Plats papier marbré. Auteur et titre dorés au dos. Cote de bibliothèque. Cachet de bibliothèque sur la page de titre. Nom de possesseur. Bords légèrement frottés. Bon état dans l’ensemble. ‎

‎ 489 figures n/b, ‎

‎COURS ELEMENTAIRE DE PHYSIQUE‎

‎Masson et Cie. 1895. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos frotté, Quelques rousseurs. 600 pages. Illustré de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

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‎Couverture rigide. Reliure toile de l'éditeur, défraîchie. 600 pages. Légèrement défraîchi.‎

‎Livre. Deuxième édition avec 472 figures. Editions G. Masson, 1897.‎

‎NOTIONS DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE‎

‎Masson et Cie. 1892. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur bon état. 259 pages. Illustré de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎4e édition. Avec 192 figures dans le texte. Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

‎Notions de physique et de chimie‎

‎Masson et cie. 1897. In-12. Cartonné. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 259+24 pages. 192 figures en noir et blanc, dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 530-Physique‎

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‎Précis de physique.‎

‎Couverture rigide. Reliure toile de l'éditeur. 368 pages.‎

‎Livre. Editions Masson et Cie, 1898.‎