‎Sur L'Électrodynamique des Corps en Mouvement. Traduit par M. Solovine. Avec un Portrait de L'Auteur.‎

‎Paris, Gauthier-Villars et Cie, 1925. Small8vo. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. Portrait. (4),56,(2) pp. + Publisher's Cat. (6 pp.). 2 leaves with an insignificant small loss of upper right corner. A fine copy.‎

‎First French edition of the initials papers on Special Relativity. It is a translation of the 2 Einstein-papers which appeared in 1905, ""Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper"" and ""Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig ?"". Published in the series ""Les Maitres de la Pensee scientifique"". - Weil: 9 c - Schielpp-Schields: 189. - Boni-Laurence: 9 B and 10 B.‎

‎The collect papers of Albert Einstein. Volume 5: The Swiss Years: Correspondence 1902-1914. English translation Anna Beck & Don Hward consultant.‎

‎Princeton Univ. Press, 1995, in-4to, XVII (+1) +384 p., paperback.‎

‎The meaning of relativity.‎

‎Methuen & Co.Ltd. London. 1951. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 161 pages - ouvrage en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎Ouvrage en anglais. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

‎The Meaning of Relativity - Fifth Edition Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field - The Stafford Little Lectures of Princeton University, May 1921‎

‎Princeton University Press Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1974 Book condition, Etat : Bon paperback, editor's wrappers In-8 1 vol. - 171 pages‎

‎ 1st was 1922, 5th edition Contents, Chapitres : Contents, Note on the 5th edition, ii, Text, 169 pages - Space and time in pre-relativity physics - The theory of special relativity - The general theory of relativity - Appendix for the second edition - Relativistic theory of the non-symmetric field price sticker on the front-wrapper, else fine copy, no markings‎

‎Thermodynamische Begründung des photochemischen Äquivalentgesetzes" (Withbound:) Nachtrag zu meiner Arbeit:""Thermodynamische Begründung des photochemischen Aquivalentgesetzes" (Withbound:) Zur Theorie des statischen Gravitationsfeldes" (Withbound:) An...‎

‎Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1912. Bound in two contemp. hcalf, richly gilt spine and one later full cloth. A library stamp on the first volume. ""Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 37 (und) 38. Hrsg. von W. Wien und M. Planck."" VIII,1048"VIII,1064 pp., 5+8 plates. Einstein papers: pp. 832-38 (vol.37), pp. 881-84 (Nachtrag vol. 38) pp. 443-458 (vol. 38) p. 888 (vol. 38) pp. 1059-1064 (vol. 38)" Planck: pp. 642-656. Internally fine and clean. Both volumes offered.‎

‎All papers first edition. In the first paper ""Thermodynamical derivation of the photochemical equivalence"", Einstein calls ""the law of photochemical equivalence"" the statement that the decomposition of one gram equivalent of any substance by a photochemical proces demands the radiation energy of 'Nhv' (where N=the Avogadro number). In this paper he demonstrates how this law is deducible by purely thermodynamical arguments, if certain olausible assumotions are made. (Lanzos). - The second paper ""Concerning the theory of a static gravitational field"" states that the 'equivalence hypothesis' permits us to come to very definite conclusions about the behaviour of a static gravitational field.. - The next Einstein paper gives an answer to J. Stark, as Stark claimed priority to the photochemical equivalence law. - In the last paper ""Relativity and Gravitation. Reply to a remark of M. Abraham"" Einstein elaborates his answer to the critique of M. Abraham. - Weil Nos 46 (1-2) a. 48. - Planck, Akademie No 95.‎

‎Théorie de la relativité. Les Fondements de la théorie de la relativité générale.. - Théorie unitaire de la gravitation et de l'électricité. - Sur la structure cosmologique de l'espace. Traduit de l'allemand par Maurice Solovine‎

‎Paris, Hermann, 1933 in-8, 110 pp., avec un portrait-frontispice, broché. ‎

‎Première édition française.Très lié à Einstein, le mathématicien roumain Maurice Solovine (1875-1958) fut le principal traducteur des ouvrages du physicien en français, chez Gauthier-Villars et Flammarion, sans parler d'une abondante correspondance scientifique. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

‎Uber die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie. Gemeinverständlich von A. Einstein.‎

‎Couverture souple. Broché. 83 pages. Papier bruni. Couverture légèrement défraîchie. Découpure de quelques millimètres sur la longueur des plats.‎

‎Livre en anglais. Mit 3 Figuren. Fünfte Auflage. Friedr. Vieweg und Sohn in Braunschweig (Collection : Sammlung Vieweg. Heft 38), 1920.‎

‎Ueber die thermodynamische Theorie der Potentialdifferenz zwischen Metallen und vollständig dissociirten Lösungen ihrer Salze und über eine elektrische Methode zur Erforsachung der Molekularkräfte" - [EINSTEIN'S SECOND WORK]‎

‎Berlin, J.A. Barth, 1902. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with paper label pasted on to spine. In ""Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 8. Hrsg. von Paul Drude."". Entire volume offered. Front board loose and stamp to pasted down front free end paper. Otherwise a fine copy. ‎

‎First edition of Einstein's second publication. Here ""Einstein was looking for experimental support for a hypothesis concerning molecular forces""(Pais, Subtle is the Lord, P. 56) Weil No 2.‎

‎Vier Vorlesungen über Relativitätstheorie gehalten im Mai 1921 an der Univesität Princeton. Mit vier Abbildungen ‎

‎Brunswick Friedrich Vieweg 1922 in-8 dérelié ‎

‎2 ff.n.ch., 70 pp., un f.n.ch. de catalogue Vieweg, 4 figures dans le texte.Weil, 124. Édition originale. Le même texte fut publié la même année dans The Meaning of relativity.1. Temps et espace dans la physique pré-relativiste. - 2. Théorie de la relativité restreinte. 3. & 4. Théorie de la relativité générale. ‎

‎Zitate aus mein Weltbild.‎

‎Paris-Genève, Selbstverlag, 1975. In-folio en feuilles, non paginé, sous couverture muette à rabats, chemise et étui en soie bleue, titre argenté au dos de la chemise. ‎

‎Illustré de 7 eaux-fortes couleurs de Terry Haass. Tiré à 120 exemplaires numérotés (66). Paru le 18 avril 1975, soit le jour du 20e anniversaire de la mort d'Albert Einstein. ‎

‎Zu Kaluzas Theorie des Zusammenhanges von Gravitation und Elektricität. Erste-Zweite Mittheilung.‎

‎Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1927. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus Sitzungsberichten....pp.23-30. Fine fresh copy.‎

‎First edition of rare Offprint, still called ""Abdruck"". - Weil No. 156.The early Offprints from ""Sitzungsberichten..."" are called ""Sonderabdruck"" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called ""Sonderausgabe..."". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still ""Abdruck"", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.‎

‎Zum Ehrenfest'schen Paradoxon. Bemerkung zu V. Varicaks Aufsatz.‎

‎Leipzig, Hirzel, 1911. 4to. Contemp. modest hcloth. Light wear to spine. Stamp on title. ""Physikalische Zeitschrift. Hrsg. von E. Riecke und F. krüger. Zwölfter Jahrgang."" XXIII,1256 pp Illustrated. Einstein paper pp. 509-10. The whole volume offered.‎

‎First printing of Einstein's paper on the Paradox of Ehrenfest, first presented by Paul Ehrenfest in 1909.Weil No 44.‎

‎Zum gegenwärtigen Stande des Gravitationsproblems.‎

‎(Leipzig), 15. December 1913. 4to. ""Physikalische Zeitschrift No. 25, 15. December 1913. 14 Jahrgang"", pp. 1249-1312. Einsteins paper: 1249-1266 (Discussion pp. 1262-66).‎

‎First edition. This is the famous address that Einstein gave on the occasion on the 85th Congress ""Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte zu Wien"" in their meeting September 23, 1913, together with the ensuing discussion. - Weil No. 54.‎

‎Zum hundertjährigen Gedenktag von Lord Kelvins Geburt.‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1924. 4to. Orig. printed wrappers. In ""Die Naturwissenschaften"", 12. Jahrg., Heft 30, pp. 601-602. The whole of Heft 30 present.‎

‎First edition. - Weil 140.‎

‎Zum hundertjährigen Gedenktag von Lord Kelvins Geburt.‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1924. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In ""Die Naturwissenschaften"", 12. Jahrg, 1924. The whole year offered. ""12"" written in hand to spine, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Pp. 601-602. [Entire volume: XXV, (1), 1412, 60 pp.].‎

‎First printing of Einstein's paper on Lord Kelvin and his scientific work. The occasion was the Centenary Year of Thomson's birth and Einstein wrote 'Zum hundertjährigen Gedenktag von Lord Kelvins Geburt (26. Juni 1824)'. In the mid-nineteenth century Thomson's ideas on thermodynamics established the base line for future generations of scientists. Likewise in 1905, Einstein changed the world of physics forever with the publication of his radical new ideas on special relativity.""We may learn from Einstein the philosopher, of his interest in the founding scientists of the nineteenth century such as Kelvin and Maxwell, of science being not only about instrumentation, mathematics and formulae but also about sharing in the aspirations and achievements of other scientists, past or present."" (Trainer, Einstein's Centenary Tribute) The volume contain several other papers by influential contemporary phycisians. Weil 140.‎

‎Zum Kosmologischen problem der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie.‎

‎Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1931. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderausgabe aus Sitzungsberichten....pp.(1)-5. Fine fresh copy.‎

‎First edition in the rare Offprint with the separate printed title and separate pagination. See Weil No. 179, where this is not mentioned.The early Offprints from ""Sitzungsberichten..."" are called ""Sonderabdruck"" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called ""Sonderausgabe..."". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still ""Abdruck"", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.‎

‎Zum Quantensatz von Somerfeld und Epstein"‎

‎Braunschweig, Vieweg & Sohn, 1917. Contemp. hcalf. Spine worn and covers detached. Internally clean and fine. ""Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft im Jahre 1917. Neunzehnter Jahrgang. Herausgegeben von Karl Scheel."" V,372 pp. Einstein paper: pp. 82-92. The whole volume offered.‎

‎First edition. Containing also Max von Laue: ""Bandenspektrum und molekulare Quantendrehungen"" pp.130-38. and ""Ein Versagen der klassischen Optik: pp. 19-21. - Weil No 94.‎

‎Zur affinen Feldtheorie.‎

‎Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1923. 4to. Orig. printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus ""Sitzungsberichteder Preus...pp. 137-40. Fine fresh copy.‎

‎First edition in the rare Offprint (still called ""Abdruck""). Weil No. 132 with an asterix, denoting a major work. - Here Einstein gives his first investigation of the ""Affine geometries"", and introduces the notion of ""Distant parallelism"".The early Offprints from ""Sitzungsberichten..."" are called ""Sonderabdruck"" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called ""Sonderausgabe..."". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still ""Abdruck"", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.‎

‎Zur allgemeinen molekularen Theorie der Wärme"‎

‎Leipzig, J.A. Barth, 1904. Contemp. hcloth, tears to hinges at upper part of spine. ""Annalen der Physik. Vierte Folge. Band 14. Herausgegeben von Paul Drude"". VIII,1040 pp. and 3 plates. The Einstein paper: pp. 354-362. Internally clean and fine. The whole volume offered.‎

‎First edition of Einstein's fifth work. ""It was in this last of his early series of papers, before the announcement of the theory of relativity in 1905, that Einstein introduced a new theme. Einstein asked for the physical significance of the constant now known as Boltzmann's konstant 'k'.It was already well known from the theory of the ideal gas that 'k' was simply related to the gas constant 'R' and to Avogardo's number, the number of molecules in a gram-molecular weight of any substance. Einstein showed that 'k' entered into still another basic equation of the statistical theory, the expression for the mean square fluctuation of the energy about its average value. This meant that 'k' determines the thermal stability of a system...the paper contains the seeds of much of his later work...(Walter Alicke). - Weil No 5.‎

‎Zur allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie.‎

‎Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1923. 4to. Orig. orange printed wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus Sitzungsberichten...pp. 32-38. Fine fresh copy.‎

‎First edition in the rare Offprint, stilled called ""Abdruck"". Weil No. 131.The early Offprints from ""Sitzungsberichten..."" are called ""Sonderabdruck"" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called ""Sonderausgabe..."". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still ""Abdruck"", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.‎

‎Zur Einheitlichen Feldtheorie.‎

‎Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1929. 4to. Orig. orange printed wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus Sitzungsberichten...pp. (1)-8. Fine fresh copy.‎

‎First edition in the rare Offprint, still called ""Abdruck"", but having separate printed title and separate pagination. See Weil No. 165, where this is not mentioned.Weil No. 165 with an asterix, denoting a major work. ""The Unified Field-Theory is one of the last importent works by Einstein. This paper presents a new development which was immediate news"" translations and abstracts of ite appeared at once, besides numerous articles in general periodicals"" (W. Alicke).The early Offprints from ""Sitzungsberichten..."" are called ""Sonderabdruck"" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called ""Sonderausgabe..."". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still ""Abdruck"", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.‎

‎Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung. - [FOUNDING LASER PHYSICS.]‎

‎Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1917. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine and 5 raised bands with ornaments in gilt. In ""Physikalische Zeitschrift"", Bd. 18, 1917. Spine and hinges with wear, otherwise a fine and clean copy. Pp. 121-128. [Entire volume: XI, (1), 604 pp. + 14 plates.‎

‎The paper was first published in 1916 in Mitteilungen der Physikalischen Gesellschaft in Zürich, but here for the first time in Physikalische Zeitschrift. All subsequent research on absorption and emission of radiation and the entire discovery of the maser, later the laser, was based on the research presented in the present paper. The paper is also notable for introducing the concept (but not the name) of the photon"" Einstein argues that in the interaction of matter and radiation there must be, in addition to the processes of absorption and spontaneous emission, a third process of stimulated emission. If stimulated emission exists then he can derive the Planck distribution for blackbody radiation and without it the same argument implies the invalid Wien-distribution theory.""In this paper he derived Planck's original quantum law from a different starting point, he suggested that as well as spontaneous emission and absorption, there could also take place the process of stimulated emission. In 1917 this seemed mainly of theoretical interest"" forty years later it was utilized to provide the maser and laser of modern technology. In 1916, ""Einstein came back once more to blackbody radiation and made further progress. In November 1916 he wrote to Besso: 'A splendid light has fallen on me about the absorption and emission of radiation'. His reasoning is divided into three papers, two of which appeared in 1916 and the third one early in 1917 [the two papers above - note that these are the two papers of Einstein on radiation theory cited by Weil as ""principal works"""" a third paper from 1916 is not.] In these papers, Einstein proposed a statistical theory of the interaction between atoms and photons, gave a new demonstration of Planck's radiation theory and introduced the concept of 'stimulated emission', providing the basis for the discovery of masers and lasers "" (Bertolotti, The History of the Laser).""When Einstein returned to the radiation problem in 1916, the quantum theory had undergone a major change. Niels Bohr's papers had opened a new and fertile domain for the application of quantum concepts-the explanation of atomic structure and atomic spectra. In addition Bohr's work and its generalizations by Arnold Sommerfeld and others constituted a fresh approach to the foundations of the quantum theory of matter. Einstein's new work showed the influence of these ideas . He had found still another derivation of Planck's black-body radiation law, an ""astonishingly simple and general"" one which, he thought, mightproperly be called ""the derivation"" 12 of this important law. It was based on statistical assumptions about the processes of absorption and emission of radiation and on Bohr's basic quantum hypothesis that atomic systems have a discrete set of possible stationary states. The proof turned on the requirement that absorption and emission of radiation, both spontaneous and stimulated, suffice to keep a gas of atoms in thermodynamic equilibrium. (This paper introduced the concept of stimulated emission into the quantum theory and is therefore often described as the basis of laser physics.) Einstein himself considered the most important contribution of this work to be not the new derivation of the distribution law but rather the arguments he presented for the directional character of energy quanta. (DSB) Weil No 91 (with an asterix denoting major paper).‎

‎Zur Theorie der Lichtfortpflanzung in dispergierenden Medien.‎

‎Berlin, Gruyter & Co., 1922. 4to. Orig.printed orange wrappers. Offprint/Sonderabdruck aus Sitzungsberichten... pp. 18-22. Fine fresh copy.‎

‎First edition in the rare Offprint, (still called ""Abdruck""). - Weil No. 120.The early Offprints from ""Sitzungsberichten..."" are called ""Sonderabdruck"" up to Weil No.165 (including this). From Weil 166 they are called ""Sonderausgabe..."". - Before 161 (up to 160) the Offprints do not have separate title and pagination (the pagination follows the numbering in the periodical). From 166 the Offprint has both separate printed title and pagination. - ( So Weil Nos 161-165 is still ""Abdruck"", but with separate title and pagination). These facts are not mentioned in the bibliographies.‎

‎Äther und Relativitätstheorie. Rede gehalten am 5.Mai 1920 an der Reich=Universität zu Leiden.‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1920. Clothbacked boards. Bound with orig. printed wrappers. Small inkspots in inner margins of wrappers. 15 pp.‎

‎First edition. - Weil No. 111.‎

‎Äther und Relativitätstheorie. Rede gehalten am 5. Mai 1920 an der Reich=Universität zu Leiden.‎

‎Berlin, Julius Springer, 1920. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. 15 pp.‎

‎First edition. - Weil No. 111.‎