Albert Einstein, First Edition, Signed (37 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The story of how Dr. Posin, a prominent physicist, went to more than 200 mostly rural communities to explain "The Atomic Age" and the positive, peaceful uses and possibilities for atomic energy. With photographs and sketches by Pat Lee, 151 pages. Gently bumped and rubbed. Signed by Posin on the front end paper, with the previous owner's name as well. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, spine darkened, in Brodart. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN . B000HFORR0 Hardback. Signed by the Author with his full name only on the first page in, Otherwise book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in Good to Very Good condition. Dustjacket is in about Good condition with some edgewear, some browning and light waterspotting to spine and edges. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. Signed by Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; glossy blue c w/white titles; 539 clean, unmarked pages Size: 4 vo. SIGNED & Insc By Editor.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. US hardback first impression. VG with a few small knocks to board edges and corners. SIGNED to ffep with name only. The jacket has nicks and chips and spine darkening. Signed by Author.

Condition: Sehr gut. Erstausgabe. 346, (2) Seiten. Mit einem Frontispiz und drei schwarz-weißen Bildtafeln auf Kunstdruckpapier. WG 31. - Handschriftliche Signatur von Unruhs mit Kugelschreiber auf dem Vortitel. - Schutzumschlag an den Kanten schwach berieben, insgesamt leicht angestaubt, sonst sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 990 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf Deckel und Rücken im Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].

WARUM WIR ALTERN Führer durch die konstruktiven und destruktiven Eigenschaften der lebendigen Zelle. Allgemeinverständlich von Professor Dr. D. Reichinstein. Verlag Aristoteles, Zürich Schweiz, 1. Auflage 1942, ERSTAUSGABE, 160 SS. Pb. 8°, gut erhalten - mit schöner eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. First Edition First Printing. Inscribed by Goldschmidt to Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Elmer Rice. Inscription is dated March 13, 1934. Goldschmidt left Germany and emigrated to the US after the Nazi's came into power. This is a stirring testament to what was going on in Germany prior to worldwide awareness of the true atrocities. Top right corner of the covers and text is creased. Interior is clean and complete with no marks. Covers are tanned and worn with creasing and wear on the front top right and creasing and small tears on the rear bottom edge. 0. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

JANOS Ein Arzt erzählt sein Leben (Autobiografie) Paul List Verlag, München Leipzig Freiburg i.Br., 1. Auflage 1949, ERSTAUSGABE, 1.-5. Tsd., 414 SS. gebunden (Hardcover,8°), gut erhalten. In einer Lasche lose dabei : Eigenhändiger Brief mit Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert Baur au Lac Zürich, 26.12.1951 2 S. 8° - launiger Brief in deutscher Sprache " Ich weiss von Loerke über sie und mich haben sie in orientalischer Tracht auf dem Orlik-Fresco im Garten von L. gesehen Oh du lieber Augustin ", weiter über seine Schwierigkeiten einen geeigneten, zuverlässigen Chaffeur zu finden.

RELATIVITY: Custom Clamshell Case Only. Henry Holt and Company New York: [1920, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First Edition. Elegant BLUE LEATHER & fine black cloth, Custom SILVER-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered, multi-image [sculpted] design on the side inspired from the atom. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for this first edition. This Handsome Collector's Custom Case fit for an important Collector. "Books definitely NOT included" When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Generally over 100 in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions.

Cloth. Condition: Fine Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Xxxvii, 235 Pp. Brown Cloth Stamped In Silver. Second Edition, With New Prefaces By Gustav Born, And By Buchwald And Thorne. A Fine Copy In Fine Dj, Signed By Buchwald And Thorne On The Title Page. Signed by Author(s).

ON THE ILIAD by Rachel Bespaloff, translated by the French by Mary McCarthy, Introduction by Hermann Broch. The Bollingen Series IX, Pantheon Books, New York, 1. Auflage 1947, ERSTAUSGABE, 126 SS. gebunden (Hardcover Oln. 8°), mit Cellophanumschlag, gut erhalten - in Tinte mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Unterschrift signiert " To Betty and Phil affectionatley X-mas 1947 Hermann" (Mit dem Erstdruck seines Aufsatzes: The Style of the Mythical Age (24 S.). Broch (1886-1951) lebte zu dieser Zeit noch bei Erich von Kahler, im Genuss des Bollingen-Stipendiums, im Verlag war sein 'Tod des Vergil' deutsch und englisch erschienen. Bespaloff (1895-1949 Selbstmord) war eine aus der Ukraine stammende, französische Literaturwissenschaftlerin, seit 1942 in den USA. Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) war sehr bald eng mit Hannah Arendt befreundet. - Sehr schönes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch.) (dito wie vor zum gleichen Preis : ON THE ILIAD mit eigenhändiger Widmung, Empfehlung, Datum Weihnachten 1947, Unterschrift signiert für PAUL FEDERN (1871-1950 SM, österreichischer Arzt und Psychoanalytiker) und Ehefrau).

First edition of this work praised by Einstein himself. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations by Anthony Sadoro. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author to Anne Goodman on the front free endpaper, "For Anne Goodman- who was on the receiving end of the first interview this reporter ever gave and the pleasantest one he ever participated in- Gratefully Lincoln Barnett New York City- March 3, 1949." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by William Meek. Foreword by Albert Einstein. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. In the century since the publication of the special theory of relativity, there remains a tendency to venerate Einstein's genius without actually understanding his achievement. This book offers the opportunity to truly comprehend the workings of one of humanity's greatest minds. Acclaimed by Einstein himself, it is among the clearest, most readable expositions of relativity theory. It explains the problems Einstein faced, the experiments that led to his theories, and what his findings reveal about the forces that govern the universe. The concepts of relativity and the fourth dimension unfold with all the vivid excitement of research into the unknown, in language anyone can readily understand.

1st Edition - Limited. 1st Edition - Limited. We are going to experience another full Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024. This volume was to celebrate Albert Einstein and the Solar Eclipse of Jun 30, 1954 and June 20, 1955. Unusual Signed Kilfitt/Zoomar Eclipse Book with original Einstein, Frank Back Photo. 8vo, [5 1/2" x 8 1/2"], 40pp, signed and inscribed by Dr. Back on the second free endpaper. "To Leslie and Duke. We should never make statements witch are not planned correct and checked by us .we should not impress by telling sometime .stories in order to make contributions or to say something. Talking is silence. "Silence is gold" Wish you the very best from the heart. T F Back sept 11 1965" A fine copy in handmade decorative paper covered boards, printed glossy paper label on the upper cover limited edition of 3000 copies in the original glassine outer wrapper showing some light sunning. This volume was dedicated to Albert Einstein and is the only book that was ever written by "The Father of the Zoom Lens". With / An original black & white, silver gelatin 5 x 7 photograph of Dr. Albert Einstein and Dr. Frank Gerald Back seated together, in very fine condition acquired directly from Dr. Back's estate. This photograph was taken circa 1954 and is one of the images published in this limited edition. With An 18" x 22" blueprint [folded] of the Solar Eclipse Spectrograph size "C" drawing. It was made from the original drawing, dated 4/1/55, drawn by Zoomar's Chief Designer, Alfred Joseph Quittner ("AJQ"), & approved by Dr. Back ("FGB"). A very interesting package indeed. Dr. Back was a very close friend of Albert Einstein. Dr. Einstein persuaded the author to take the trip commemorated in this beautifully produced volume in order to capture the total eclipse of the sun, which occurred on June 20, 1955. Dr. Back intended to provide conclusive evidence for Einstein's theory of relativity by calculating the optical distortion, if any, of starlight caused by the sun's gravity. Earlier, in 1919, Einstein's general relativity principles were supported by observations of a solar eclipse. The two scientists conferred on the project for over a year. Armed with a special Zoomar designed & built, wide-angle, solar-eclipse, spectrograph, Dr. Back was off to the Philippine Islands to board a military jet & chase the eclipse. Einstein however died while Back was on his way to Manila. Unable to report the excursion to his friend, Dr. Back dedicated this book to his memory. Dr. Frank Back held over 200 patents directly relating to photographic equipment. He was the founder & president of Zoomar, Inc. The photographic term, " zoom" was derived from Zoomar. Dr. Back created the first widely used zoom lenses for motion picture and television; then in 1959, introduced the first zoom lens for still cameras with the introduction of the 36-82mm/f2.8 Voigtlander Zoomar. Dr. Back & Zoomar purchased the great Heinz Kilfitt optical factory of Munich, Germany in 1966 & it became a subsidiary of Zoomar, Inc. This volume was never widely distributed & when Zoomar, Inc. ceased operations at Glen Cove, Long Island, many cases of this book were discovered & unceremoniously trashed. The existing number of copies is unknown but the book is not frequently encountered. This copy came from the personal estate of Dr. Frank Gerald Back & it is one of the few copies signed by him. An excellent example suited for collectors of Science, Astronomy, Einstein, Zoomar, or Photographic History in general. In a lovely custom clamshell case with a window insert displaying the original Einstein/Back photo. *On page 13 there is a typo. He wrote July 30,1954 instead of June 30, 1954 and was never changed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Einstein, "You really hit the bull's eye with it!" Certificate of Authenticity Included! Completely Handwritten Note Signed with Initials A.E. , to Mrs. Damann, March 31, 1950. In German. 1 p., 8" x 4½ in. Professionally removed from old board and conserved. Complete Translation: "March 31, 50 Dear Mrs. Damann, I have got to write to you again to let you know just how much I am enjoying the kaleidoscope. It always sits on my table and I look into it again and again as I sit and work. You really hit the bull s eye with it! Greetings and best wishes, Yours, / A.E." Einstein sent this letter to Damann in care of Café Old Europe at 2182 Broadway in New York City, an exile café that became an international social center for displaced Austrian and German Jews, offering dining, dancing, and entertainment. Albert Einstein. Here, Einstein's genius infuses his delight. Unique Einstein, very competitively priced for a handwritten note. Book #Pv2251. $7988. *****We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science. Signed by Author(s).

1st Edition. 1st Edition. Albert Einstein. ALBERT EINSTEIN: PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Evanston, Ill.: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949. First Trade Edition. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. SIGNED. Large 8vo., xvi, 781pp. Signed in black fountain pen as: "Albert Einstein / Princeton / 1950" on the title page. [neat previous owner's gift inscription on the front fly leaf] A very nice copy in the original dustwrapper showing light use. Includes essays by 25 leading scientists; Einstein's reply to their essays, a bibliography of Einstein's works, & an interesting 47-page autobiography by Einstein printed in both German & English on facing pages. Nicely illustrated throughout with photographs, a facsimile of a page of Einstein manuscript, & diagrams. Bibliography of the writings of Albert Einstein, to October 1949, compiled by M. C. Shields, pp. 689-758. Contributors include: Arnold Sommerfeld, Wolfgang Pauli, Max Born, Niels Bohr, Hans Reichenbach, P. W. Bridgman, Karl Menger, Max Von Laue, Kurt Gödel, Gaston Bachelard, & others. Signed trade editions are decidedly uncommon. Custom slipcase. Weil page 41 Appendix.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, second printing. Presentation copy; signed and inscribed by Albert Einstein in full to the front endpaper: "For Mrs. Kahn/ Albert Einstein/ Pasadena 1931." Original publisher's red cloth, front board lettered in black and ruled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt and black. About very good copy; spine faded, upper spine worn and lightly frayed, some scattered spots and small stains to covers. Housed in a custom leather clamshell box. Albert Einstein is a bibliography by Anton Reiser, a pseudonym for Rudolf Kayser, the husband of Einstein s stepdaughter. Kayser, a German literary historian, gives an intimate view of the life of one of the greatest physicists who has ever lived. Einstein describes his familiarity with the author in his introduction of the book, writing, "The author of this book is one that knows me rather intimately in my endeavors, thoughts, beliefs- in bedroom slippers." The book is divided into six chapters: Childhood and Early Life, Self-Support, Formulation of The Theory of Relativity, War-Time and After, Fame, and Einstein Today. This biography was published in 1930, three short years before Einstein was forced to flee Germany, due to Adolf Hitler s rise to power and new laws banning Jews from holding official positions. Shortly after fleeing the country, Einstein s books were targeted in the Nazi book burnings, a 5,000 Reichsmark bounty was put on his head, and the Nazi government pilfered his cottage and sailboat. Rudolf Kayser, the author, was also forced to leave Germany in 1935 because of his Jewish heritage. Albert Einstein was researching at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena in 1931. He inscribed this copy that same year. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ as Issued. Albert Einstein (illustrator). 1st Edition. An original hand typed letter written and signed in ink by Albert Einstein as A. Einstein on his Official Stationary of the Emergency Committee on Atomic Energy, sent only to only a few fellow colleagues asking for donations fo rhis education fund for Atomic Energy. He asks for a million dollars to bring awareness to the world of the power and potential dangers of Atomic Power and Energy. This letter was sent to the Famous Dr. Hallowell Davis of Washington University. Dr. Davis responded with a donation of 50 dollars and his original receipt signed is included along with a photograph of Albert Einstein at Princeton circa 1950 by the famous photographer Yosuf Karsh, includes the essay on the photo session with Einstein by Karsh and an archive owned by Dr. Davis. All items are framed in a custom gilt frame. hence the lovely price. Fine crisp near mint condition. By the Author.

First edition of this classic account of Born's analysis and interpretation of Einstein's theory of relativity. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed by Max Born on the verso of the frontispiece. Translated by Henry L. Brose. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are uncommon, signed examples rare. "Einstein's Theory of Relativity is a book in which one great mind explains the work of another great mind in terms comprehensible to the layman is a significant achievement. This is such a book. Max Born was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954 and was one of the world's great physicists: in this work he analyzes and interprets the theory of Einsteinian relativity. The result is undoubtedly the most lucid and insightful of all the books that have been written to explain the revolutionary theory that marked the end of the classical and the beginning of the modern era of physics.

First edition of this Einstein biography written by Rudolf Kayser, a German literary historian and husband to Albert Einstein's stepdaughter Ilse under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed and dated by Einstein on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "Albert Einstein New York 1930." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Albert Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his massâ "energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory (David Bodanis).

First edition of this Einstein biography written by Rudolf Kayser, a German literary historian and husband to Albert Einstein's stepdaughter Ilse under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Signed and dated by Einstein in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Albert Einstein 1930." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Rare signed and in the original dust jacket. Albert Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his massâ "energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory (David Bodanis).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. The signed limited edition of Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, from the Library of Living Philosophers. (illustrator). Signed Limited Edition. Octavo, xvi, 779pp. Publisher's brown textured cloth, title stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt, Numerous unopened leaves, internally fine. Lacking the scarce glassine dust jacket. Includes a purchase invoice from March of 1968. Housed in the publisher's brown cardboard slipcase, shelf wear to panels, bumped corners, solid binding. From a limited edition of 760 signed copies, with 10 for presentation, this being number 64, signed and dated by Albert Einstein on limitation page. Includes 25 "Descriptive and Critical Essays" on the scientific work of Albert Einstein, by his contemporaries, including Wolfgang Pauli, Max Born, Niels Bohr and many more.

First edition. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY EINSTEIN. First edition, number 629 of 760 numbered copies signed and dated by Einstein. This important volume contains Einstein's autobiography, specially written for the book, and itself an important scientific contribution. It also includes a bibliography of his works, twenty-five scientists' discussions of Einstein's work and achievements, with Einstein's response in his 'Remarks Concerning the Essays Brought Together in this Co-Operative Volume'. Contributors of essays include Niels Bohr, Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli, and Kurt Gödel. Nobel laureate Isidore Rabi's review hailed this as a most important and significant volume: "It is most difficult to get scientists to write simply and clearly about the fundamentals of their science and the leading philosophical ideas that guide them. Yet these very attitudes, preferences, and tastes are the fundamental ingredients which give quality, differentiation, and individuality to scientific creation and discovery" (Science 3 (1950), pp. 409-410). The book begins with Einstein's 'Autobiographical Notes'. "Everyone who knows Professor Einstein personally is all too well aware of his extreme shyness and his honest and forthright humility. I do not believe that there would have been one chance in ten thousand that the world would ever have secured an autobiography from the hand of Professor Einstein, if the unique nature of the Library of Living Philosophers had not finally convinced him of the worth-while-ness and significance of such an 'obituary', as he calls his autobiography. Einstein's 'Autobiographical Notes' in themselves assure, therefore, the unique importance of this volume" (Preface, p. xiv). Perhaps the most famous contribution other than by Einstein himself is Bohr's 'Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics' - "Bohr's account of his discussion with Einstein has been called 'one of the great masterpieces of modern scientific reporting.' According to Abraham Pais 'nowhere in the literature can a better access to [Bohr's] thinking be found'" (Jammer, Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, p. 136). There is also Gödel's 'A Remark about the Relationship between Relativity Theory and Idealistic Philosophy,' a seminal paper on the concept of time, which "appears to be the only published piece by Gödel that deals with philosophical issues not directly concerned with mathematics" (S. Feferman, Introductory note, Gödel's Collected Works, Vol. II, p. 199). In Hans Reichenbach's 'The Philosophical Significance of the Theory of Relativity,' the "argument over the nature and role of conventions in science . reach[ed] its highest level of sophistication . The question is whether the choice of a geometry is empirical, conventional, or a priori" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). "In this book there is played out a great scientific drama of the last two decades. The central theme is not a matter which is strictly scientific. It is not whether quantum mechanics is correct in the sense that it gives a true or false description of physical phenomena. It is agreed that quantum mechanics has been extraordinarily fertile in predicting new phenomena which have been verified by experiment and that it has reconciled a whole host of seemingly contradictory experimental results. "The sole question is whether quantum mechanics is satisfactory from the philosophic and aesthetic point of view, and whether it is a good point of departure for a more profound understanding of physical phenomena. "The book starts with an intellectual autobiography by Einstein himself. He satirically calls it his obituary. It is a singularly moving and charming document. I know of no other to compare with it. Neither Newton nor Maxwell nor any of the other great giants of physics had his Schilpp to catalyse such an effort. After reading Einstein's article one realises the great loss this is to scientific culture. "Einstein traces the development of his scientific attitudes frankly and objectively with many amusing digressions on education and other topics. He describes the crosscurrents of the scientific thinking of his day and the points of departure from which he made his great early contributions to statistics, quantum theory and relativity. It is an entrancing story. At the end it becomes manifest that relativity and field theory are his great loves. In these fields and modes of thought he finds real joy and comfort of spirit. Quantum theory, which has so completely pervaded the thinking of this age, leaves him quite cold. To him it is a provisional and useful structure but only, so to speak, 'what to do till the doctor comes.' Yet as becomes clear in later articles - particularly those of Bohr, Born, and Pauli - Einstein, almost more than anyone else after Planck, formulated the leading ideas on which quantum mechanics is founded. From a reading of Einstein's article, one has the impression that he never permitted himself to grasp the importance and significance of his own tremendous contributions to quantum theory. "For all the revolution which he brought to modern physics, Einstein remains the great classicist. Statistics for him are a means of gaining knowledge in situations where one is of necessity ignorant of the precise values and properties of many of the variables. However, to introduce a statistical interpretation into the very fundamental relations of physics, into the simplest conceivable physical situations, is repugnant to him. It is best summed up in his statement that he is willing to believe that the dear God plays dice, but not according to fixed rules. "With this attitude, Einstein has withdrawn himself from the mainstreams of physics of the last two decades. He has devoted himself to what he believes will be the right path to the construction of a unified field theory, which will combine the gravitational and electromagnetic properties of matter. Such a program, if successful, would leave no room for such empi.

xvi, 781 pp. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth in publisher's slipcase. First edition; No. 225 of 760 copies, signed and dated by Albert Einstein. A fine copy. There is some slight use to the slipcase, and small areas of paper loss at the corners of the slipcase. The Library of Living Philosophers, Volume VII.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Albert Einstein. A beautiful copy of this SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION of 760 copies. What makes this Limited Edition especially nice is that the siganture is 100% genuine, issued from the publisher. There are a lot of forgeries in trade books. Beware of them. This book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy with the ORIGINAL slipcase that came with the book SIGNED by the author. WE BUY SIGNED EINSTEIN books. Signed by Author(s).

Plates. 225pp. 8vo. First edition, signed by Einstein on the endpaper. Plates. 225pp. 8vo. SIGNED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN. "Anton Reiser" is a pseudonym for Einstein's son-in-law, Rudolph Kayser. In Einstein's one-page preface, he writes that "The author of this book is someone who knows me rather intimately in my endeavor, thoughts, beliefs -- in bedroom slippers." The biography is noted as Louis Zukofsky's first book (i.e. translated anonymously by Zukofsky). An elusive title, the work is rarely encounted signed by Einstein. Publisher's red and grey cloth lettered in black, some spotting and wear, slight fading to spine. Former owner's neat ink notation on title page, beneath the author's printed name. Without dust jacket First edition, signed by Einstein on the endpaper.

First edition of this Einstein biography written by Rudolf Kayser, a German literary historian and husband to Albert Einstein's stepdaughter Ilse under the pseudonym Anton Reiser. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Einstein. Inscribed by Albert Einstein with an original poem on the front free endpaper in German, which translates as, "It is aÂcurious fate to be objectifiedÂalive. Think with humor while reading.ÂA. Einstein." From the library of AlexandreÂand Catherine Barjansky with her ownership signature to the verso of the front panel and notation below Einstein's inscription, "S.S. 'Belgenland,' New-York, 14/XII/30." Russian sculptress Catherine Barjansky, her celebrated cellist husband, and Einstein were all close friends of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Barjansky described her experiences creating the now famed and very intimate sculptural portraits of Elizabeth and Albert in her 1947 joint memoir with her husband Portraits with Backgrounds. Catherine had an international career, living at times inÂRome,ÂBerlin,ÂNew York,ÂVienna, Paris, and Brussels. Einstein was in New YorkÂat the time he inscribed the present volume, havingÂarrivedÂaboard the Belgenland three days earlier. Einstein travelled aboard the Belgenland several times. He was on the ship in March 1933, intending to return home to Germany, when he learned the alarming news that the Nazis had ransacked his summer cottage in Caputh. He soon decided it was too dangerous to return to Germany and when the ship docked in Antwerp, Belgium, he immediately reported to the German consulate in Brussels, where he turned in his German passportÂand renounced his citizenship. Einstein returned toÂAmericaÂin October, beginningÂaÂnew lifeÂasÂaÂmember of the faculty of Princeton University's Institute forÂAdvanced Study. In near fine condition. A complex and desirable association. Albert Einstein developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Einstein is best known in popular culture for his massâ "energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"). He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "services to theoretical physics", in particular his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory (David Bodanis).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Frontispiece, xvi, 781 pp; 8 figs. Original blue cloth. There is creasing of some pages in the margins. Good, in dust jacket. The dust jacket is quite worn (see photos). First Edition. SIGNED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN TO JOHN KEMENY: "Meinem lieben Kemeny/ A. Einstein 50". "In 1943, Kemeny entered Princeton University where he studied mathematics and philosophy, but he took a year off during his studies to work on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where his boss was Richard Feynman. He also worked there with John von Neumann. Returning to Princeton, Kemeny graduated with an A.B. in mathematics in 1946 after completing a senior thesis, titled 'Equivalent logical systems', under the supervision of Alonzo Church. He then remained at Princeton to pursue graduate studies and received a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1949 after completing a doctoral dissertation, titled 'Type-theory vs. set-theory', also under the supervision of Alonzo Church. He worked as Albert Einstein's mathematical assistant during graduate school" (Wikipedia article on John Kemeny). "At age 22, a year before he earned his Ph.D., Kemeny became Albert Einstein's mathematical assistant. I once asked him why Dr. Einstein, of all people, needed a mathematician. With that gentle, mustached smile, John said, 'Einstein wasn't very good at math' (Campion, "True Basic. A Sketch of John Kemeny for the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine"; a .pdf of this article can be found online). "People would ask did you know enough physics to help Einstein? My standard line was: Einstein did not need help in physics. But contrary to popular belief, Einstein did need help in mathematics. By which I do not mean that he wasn't good at mathematics. He was very good at it, but he was not an up-to-date research level mathematician. His assistants were mathematicians for two reasons. First of all, in just ordinary calculations, anybody makes mistakes. There were many long calculations, deriving one formula from another to solve a differential equation. They go on forever. Any number of times we got the wrong answer. Sometimes one of us got the wrong answer, sometimes the other. The calculations were long enough that if you got the same answer at the end, you were confident. So he needed an assistant for that, and, frankly, I was more up-to-date in mathematics than he was" (ask me for the source of this quote and I will tell you). A biography of John Kemeny was published in 2019: John G. Kemeny and Dartmouth College: The Man, the Times, and the College Presidency by Stephen Nelson. The book incorporates material from Kemeny's unpublished autobiography and includes a couple pages on how Kemeny became Einstein's mathematical assistant and their interaction when he was. NOTE: I am offering the trade edition of Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. There was also a limited and signed edition published in 1949 of 760 copies. Given the celebrity of Einstein, copies of the limited and signed edition always seem to be available (as I write this, six such copies are for sale online). They are nicely done, with the top edge gilt, and with a slipcase, so they are more sumptuous than the trade edition, and with the limited and signed edition of this book, you know you have a genuine Einstein signature. BUT: There is nothing personal about these copies (in rare instances Einstein did add a personal inscription to a limited and signed copy). So aside from differences in condition, these 760 copies are identical (unless you think a copy with a lower number is better than one with a higher number). The copy of the trade edition I am offering is in a very different category, because it was inscribed, and given personally, by Einstein to the recipient. And the recipient was someone who mattered to him. John Kemeny was a graduate student at Princeton when he became Einstein's mathematical assistant. This copy was Einstein's gift to "my dear Kemeny". The fact that John Kemeny went on to fame. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original brown cloth, top edge gilt, publisher s slipcase. Very fine, with the fragile slipcase in excellent condition. A superb copy. FIRST EDITION. One of 760 numbered copies signed and dated by Einstein. This important volume contains Einstein s autobiography, specially written for the book, a bibliography of his works, twenty-five scientists discussions of Einstein s work and achievements, with Einstein s replies. Contributors of essays include Niels Bohr, Max Born, Wolfgang Pauli, and Kurt Godel. I. I. Rabi s review in Science hailed this as a most important and significant volume. It is most difficult to get scientists to write simply and clearly about the fundamentals of their science and the leading philosophical ideas that guide them. In this book there is played out a great scientific drama of the last two decades. The book starts with an intellectual autobiography by Einstein himself. He satirically calls it his obituary. I know of no other to compare with it. Neither Newton nor Maxwell nor any of the other great giants of physics had his Schilpp [the editor] to catalyze such an effort. After reading Einstein s article one realizes the great loss this is to scientific culture (Science, 21 April 1950). This is an especially fine signed copy of an important book in the Einstein canon. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AN IMPORTANT SIGNED LETTER (in English) by Einstein, revealing his reservations of associating with communism even in the fight against fascism. Written from Princeton, NJ, to Professor Albert Sprague Coolidge of Harvard University, and dated February 16, 1934, the letter reads: My dear Professor Coolidge: I had an opportunity of meeting personally Lord Marley and has [sic] very favorably impressed by his personality. It became known to me that he sympathizes with the Russian Government, i.g. with the Russian communist party and that the committee for which he is active is influenced by communists. The problem as to the attitude which is advisable to be taken towards this committee is rather complicated. On the one hand, the world-wide danger of fascism makes it necessary that all enemies of fascism cooperate; on the other hand, an action which has communist leanings might endanger that fight since the important task undertaken in defense of culture and civilization may be linked up with interests of a political party. I, myself have severed my connections with the committee, which, with my permission had used my name up to the end of last year. It seems to me advisable to take an attitude as follows: to help their action against fascism, but not to identify oneself with the committee. Very truly yours, [signed] A. Einstein P.S. I wish you would be good enough to use this strictly confidentially. In 1934, Lord (Baron) Marley (Dudley Leigh Aman), toured the United States to raise funds for his association, the World Committee for the Victims of German Fascism. Marley, through his committee, was "passionately advocating a scheme for which he was to become an international figurehead - resettlement of oppressed German and Polish Jews in the Jewish Autonomous Region" in Siberia. He published a book, "The Brown Book of the Hitler Terror and the Burning of the Reichstag, sponsored by the World Committee and with an Introduction written by Lord Marley himself, [which] was the first popular exposé of what was happening in Hitler's Germany. It documented the destruction of political parties, trade unions and universities, book-burning, and the building of concentration camps. "At a fundraising dinner held in his honour in New York in February 1934 [where Einstein presumably met him, just before writing this letter], Marley opened the Brown Book and 'speaking quietly, declaring that he did not intend to harrow', read aloud to his audience of 600 American Jews some of the collected evidence of Nazi repressions. Here were documentary records of what was happening in Germany - a substantiation of the brutality that hitherto had had no distinct form in the mind of the American Jewish public. What before had been the subject of a growing fear mingled with disbelief was now being presented as hard fact and supported with detailed evidence. The New York Times (8 February 2005) reports the audience being 'startled' by the disclosures, and the night ending with $3,500 raised for the World Committee" (The Jewish Quarterly, No. 198). Einstein was correct to be suspicious of Marley's activities, for it was later determined that the "World Committee" was indeed a Communist front; Einstein, writing here to Coolidge in 1934, was prescient about the motives of the committee. This letter, in addition to underscoring Einstein's passionate stance against fascism, is particularly important as documentary evidence of Einstein's caution about having any dealings with communism, especially considering that the U.S. FBI, worried about Einstein's political leanings, kept a file on Einstein that grew to 1427 pages. Princeton, NJ: February 16, 1934. One (8.5 x 11 in.) page. Envelope folds, minor spotting. An outstanding letter with important and revealing content.

Pas de couverture. - Zurich 21 juin 1910, 9x14cm, une carte postale. - | Einstein écrit à « l'ami des plus grands génies de son temps » | Carte postale autographe signée d'Albert Einstein adressée à Ludwig Hopf, 18 lignes écrites au verso et recto, adresse également de la main d'Einstein. Tampon postal indiquant la date du 21 juin 1910. Publiée dans The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 5: The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902-1914, Princeton University Press, 1993, n°218, p. 242. *** Exceptionnelle et très esthétique carte d'Albert Einstein à « l'ami des plus grands génies de son temps » - selon Schrödinger - le mathématicien et physicien Ludwig Hopf, qui permit la rencontre d'Einstein avec un autre génie du XXe siècle : Carl Jung. Le maître invite ici son élève à un dîner comptant au nombre des invités le scientifique Max Abraham, futur grand rival des années zurichoises et fervent opposant à la théorie de la relativité d'Einstein. Le destinataire de cette carte, Ludwig Hopf, rejoint Einstein en 1910 en tant qu'assistant et élève à ses séminaires de physique et de théorie cinétique à l'Université de Zürich. Ils signent deux articles fondamentaux sur les aspects statistiques de la radiation et donnent leurs noms à la force de résistance « Einstein-Hopf ». Leurs échanges épistolaires retracent le complexe cheminement des travaux d'Einstein sur la relativité et la gravitation, témoignant de leur grande complicité et du précieux apport de Hopf dans les recherches du maître. Quelques mois après l'écriture de cette missive, Hopf trouvera même une erreur dans les calculs d'Einstein sur les dérivées de certaines composantes de la vitesse que ce dernier corrigera dans un article l'année suivante. Ils forment également un duo musical et interprètent les grands génies de la musique, Hopf accompagnant au piano le violon du maître sur des morceaux de Bach et Mozart. Einstein invite par cette carte son élève et ami Hopf à un dîner avec Max Abraham, à l'aube d'une controverse scientifique majeure qui les opposera à partir de 1911. La théorie de la relativité restreinte selon Abraham ne convaincra pas Einstein qui soulignera le peu de moyens de vérification par l'observation et son manque de prédiction de la courbure gravitationnelle de la lumière. En 1912, leur différend deviendra public par publications interposées. Abraham ne reconnaîtra jamais la validité de la théorie einsteinienne. Au cours de leurs brillants échanges artistiques et intellectuels, Hopf a sans doute réussi là où Freud avait échoué comme il lui avouera dans une lettre : « Je romprai avec vous si vous vous glorifiez d'avoir converti Einstein à la psychanalyse. Une longue conversation que j'ai eue avec lui il ya quelques années m'a montré que l'analyse lui était tout aussi hermétique que peut m'être la théorie de la relativité. » (Vienne, 27 septembre 1931). Fervent adepte de la psychanalyse, Hopf est en effet connu pour avoir présenté le célèbre psychanalyste Carl Jung à Einstein. Hopf et son maître partiront tous deux pour l'Université Karl-Ferdinand de Prague en 1911, où ils fréquenteront l'écrivain Franz Kafka et son fidèle ami Max Brod dans le salon de Mme Fanta. Avec l'avènement du régime nazi, les destins de ces deux théoriciens de la mécanique du monde seront marqués par les persécutions et l'exil, Einstein se réfugiant tout d'abord en Belgique, Hopf en Grande-Bretagne après sa mise à pied en 1934 de l'université d'Aix-la-Chapelle à cause de ses origines juives. Les deux savants continueront à entretenir une prolifique correspondance au c ur de la tourmente, Einstein suggérant à Hopf l'ouverture d'une université à l'étranger pour les étudiants allemands exilés. Hopf s'éteindra peu de temps après avoir pris la chaire de mathématiques du Trinity College de Dublin en juillet 1939. Précieuse invitation du grand physicien à l'ultime dîner réunissant la "vieille école" scientifique symbolisée par Max Abraham, à l'aube de la publication de la théorie de la relativité.