Atticus Rare Books
West Branch, IA, USA
AbeBooks seller since August 23, 2001
About Atticus Rare Books
Welcome. Atticus Rare Books specializes in the sciences, buying and selling rare and collectible works from all time periods. Not all our stock appears on this website and new items arrive regularly, so please do not hesitate to contact us if in search of a particular book, journal, or author. Whether assisting in the development of a private or institutional library, we take great pride in helping our clients define, shape, and advance their collections. Personal attention and service is provided to both novices and experienced collectors for each and every sale; we frequently work with clients over many years as they develop their interests and collecting goals. We regularly handle the sale of works for those interested in selling, putting things to auction or on the Internet as appropriate; more often we sell privately to other clients. We also are open to working on a consignment basis and do so frequently. We also offer Scientific Instruments for sale by Dale R. Beeks, Specialist Collector, Purveyor & Curatorial Consultant of Historical Surveying & Scientific Instruments.
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Tel: +1 319-643-3487
Specialty:Antiquarian & 20th Century Science, Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics, & Medicine
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All items may be returned for a full refund for any reason within 14 days of receipt. We accept personal
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Mastercard, and American Express. Contact information: Atticus Rare Books 1411 Plato Road West
Branch, IA 52358. Email: infoatticus@gmail.com. Phone: 319-
643-3487. Federal Tax ID and EIN : 46-4756614Shipping terms
Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.


![Seller image for Uber die Theorie der zusammengesetzten Farben in Annalen der Physik und Chemie 87 pp. 45-66, 1852 [FOUNDATION OF MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF COLOR VISION] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31963683532.jpg)

![Seller image for Laennec, sa vie et son oeuvre [STETHOSCOPE; UNCOMMON 1st ed. SIGNED COPY of the Neurologist LANDOUZY] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31812617195.jpg)
![Seller image for Recherches sur L'Isolement du Fluor in Annales de chimie et de physique, 12, 1887, pp. 472-537 [NOBEL PRIZE WINNING ISOLATION OF THE ELEMENT FLUORINE] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31768322960.jpg)
![Seller image for Mémoire [MEMOIRE] Sur le Fermentation Alcoolique, Pasteur, Annales de chimie et de physique, 58, 1860, PP. 323-426 [LONG, CLASSIC MEMOIR ON ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31766618791.jpg)

![Seller image for Quantum Theory of Gravity. I. The Canonical Theory in Physical Review 160 No. 5, 25 August 1967, pp. 1113-1148 [WHEELER DEWITT EQUATION; COSMIC SCHRODINGER EQUATION] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31510763307.jpg)
![Seller image for "Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction" WITH "Spin Echoes" (Hahn) in The Physical Review, Volume 80, Number 3, November 1, 1950, pp. 440-457 (Feynman), pp. 580-594 (Hahn). [FIRST EDITION, BOUND FULL VOLUME, NOT EX-LIBRARY. FEYNMAN'S PROOF OF HIS QED METHODOLOGY] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31435983828.jpg)
![Seller image for Zur Theorie der Lichtfortpflanzung in dispergierenden Medien. Offprint from Sitzungsbericht der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1922, pp. 18-22 [THEORY OF THE LIGHT PROPAGATION IN DISPERSIVE MEDIA] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31435022039.jpg)
![Seller image for Sciences Mathematique et Physiques chez les Belges au commencement du XIXe siècle, 1866 [ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPS. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES AMONG THE BELGIANS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31433017237.jpg)
![Seller image for Gravitational field of a spinning mass as an example of algebraically special metrics in Physical Review Letters 11 Number 5, September 1, 1963, pp. 237-238 [LANDMARK KERR BLACK HOLE PAPER SOLVING EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY EQUATIONS; KERR'S BLACK HOLES PROVEN STABLE IN 2022] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31422539570.jpg)

![Seller image for Communications in the Presence of Noise in Proceedings of the IRE [The Institute of Radio Engineers] 37, No. 1, January 1949, pp. 10-21 for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31398999183.jpg)

![Seller image for On Harnessing Solar Energy in New York Times, August 14, 1945 [Full paper. PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT. Also includes 3 line large headline announces Japan's surrender] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31395927588.jpg)
![Seller image for Memoire sur la fermentation appelee lactique (Pasteur) IN Annales de chimie et de physique, Volume 52, 1858 pp. 404-418 WITH Sur une nouvelle theorie chimique (Couper) in Annales de chimie et de physique, Volume 53, 1858, pp. 469-489. [VOLUMES 52, 53, 54 BOUND AS ONE] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31363133482.jpg)
![Seller image for Transmutation of the Lighter Elements in Stars WITH Origin of Actinium and Age of the Earth WITH Repetition of the Michelson Morley Experiment in Nature 123 1929, pp. 567-568 (Atkinson), pp. 313-314 (Rutherford), Repetition of the Michelson Morley Experiment, pp.88 (Michelson et al.) [FUSION REACTION IN STARS with 1st DETERMINATION & MOST ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF EARTH'S AGE BASED ON ISOTYPE RATIOS] Handsomely Rebound for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31176960036.jpg)
![Seller image for Strahlungs-Emission und -Absorption nach der Quantentheorie (Radiation emission and absorption according to Quantum Theory) in Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft 18, pp. 318-323, 1916 [EINSTEIN'S 1st PAPER ON THE DERIVATION OF PLANCK'S LAW AS WELL AS HIS INTRODUCTION OF THE THEORY OF STIMULATED EMISSION] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31118245004.jpg)
![Seller image for The Construction and Use of Oscillation Valves for Rectifying High-Frequency Electric Currents (Fleming) AND Secondary Rontgen Radiation (Barkla) in The Physical Society of London, Proceedings, XX, Part II, July 1906, pp. 177-185; 200-218 [FIRST EDITION. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS] for sale by Atticus Rare Books](https://pictures.abebooks.com/inventory/md/md31109592298.jpg)