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Published by Continuum, NY, 1996
ISBN 10: 0826407471ISBN 13: 9780826407474
Book
Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by MIT Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 0262195097ISBN 13: 9780262195096
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1150grams, ISBN:9780262195096.
Publication Date: 1903
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Berlin 1903 first edition. Single complete issue of this journal. sm4to. original printed orange wraps. pp. 557-60. Four articles by Max Planck "Metalloptik und Maxwell'sche Theorie (p. 558-9); H. Lohmann, von Wilamowitz-Moellendorf and H O Lange. Near Fine. no ownership marks.
Published by Berlin, Springer Vlg., 1990
Seller: Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
Association Member: GIAQ
Book
Hardcover/Pappeinband. 8th ed. 518 S. Very good condition. Ex-Library. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1380.
Publication Date: 1907
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Braunschweig 1907. Vieweg. This is the whole year bound in a single volume. Lg.8vo., 797p. plus 434-56 and 434 of Halbmonatliches Literaturverzeichnis. PLANCK "Nachtrag zu der Besprechnung der Kaufmannschen Ablenkungsmessungen" pp. 301--305; SOMMERFELD "Ein Einwand gegen die Relativtheoire der Eelektrodynamik und seine Besitigung" pp. 642--43. 3/4 leather with red and gold marbled boards. Two mounted paper spine labels and spine numbers. Tiny owner stamp on titlepage but no other owner marks. Inner hinges not cracked; binding secure and text clean. Leather spine is rubbed and worn; spine ends worn down. Leather worn off cover tips. Good.
Publication Date: 1907
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Near Fine. Braunschweig 1907. Vieweg. This is the whole year bound in a single volume. Lg.8vo., 797p. plus 434-56 and 434 of Halbmonatliches Literaturverzeichnis. PLANCK "Nachtrag zu der Besprechnung der Kaufmannschen Ablenkungsmessungen" pp. 301--305; SOMMERFELD "Ein Einwand gegen die Relativtheorie der Elektrodynamik und seine Besitigung" pp. 642--43. 3/4 dark brown cloth with black marbled boards and gilt spine lettering. Owner stamps on end papers, titlepage and end of text. Excellent condition , Near Fine.
Published by B.G. Teubner, Leipzig, Berlin, 1914
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. iv, 196, [4] pages : 1 illustration, diagrams. Bound in contemporary paper covered boards (not publisher's), with title in gold on spine. Boards faded at edges but quite attractive, light wear to upper fore-corner of front panel else corners fine, gold stamped lettering to spine fresh; all edges marbled; inner hinges strong, contents bright and unmarked. 530 grams.
Published by Berlin, Springer Vlg., 1992
Seller: Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany
Association Member: GIAQ
Book
Leather. 8th ed. 430 S. Very good condition. Ex-Library. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 975.
Published by Leipzig Verlag Von Johann Ambrosius Barth 1902, 1902
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. The volume is extensively illustrated with charts, graphs, tables, plates and etc. 8vo, in the original publisher s blue cloth ruled and lettered on the spine in gilt. viii, 948. A fine copy, very bright and clean, the binding and endpapers only with the lightest of mellowing. FIRST EDITION of Max Planck's paper on the nature of white light, part of his work on heat radiation and electrodynamics. While extensively studied by others during this same period, Planck reports here on the results of his own investigations on radiation procedures. The "Annalen der Physik" was one of the most important and influential scientific journals of the twentieth century. Also in this volume are 61 other significant papers in physics with contributions by Otto Lehmann, Johannes Stark, Max Toepler, Paul Drude and many other of the leading scientist of the day.
Publication Date: 1911
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1911 Hirzel. first edition. Physikalische Zeitschrift Zwolfter jahrgang . Hardcover 4to. Complete year in one volume. Einstein article on pp. 509-510; Planck article on pp 681-687. Complete volume has 1256 pages and 11 plates. In addition to Einstein and Planck articles, volume has work by many of the great names in physics and mathematics. 3/4 brown leather with raised spine bands and green marbled boards. no owner marks. Some light cover wear. Text clean and binding secure. VG. NO owner marks.
Publication Date: 1908
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1908 Hirzel. first edition. Physikalische Zeitschrift. One full year of this semi-monthly German publication, bound in one hardcover volume. Articles by many of the great names in physics and mathematics , xix, 928p., text illustrations, 8 plates. "Eine neue Elektrostatische Methode zur Messung kleier Elektricitatsmengen" by Albert Einstein is on pp. 216-217; "Atomzerfall und Serienspektren "; Hahn and Meitner "Ueber Absorption der B-Strahlen", Planck "Theorie Dispersion", Lord Kelvin, Helmoltz, more. Cover tips and backstrip dark brown leather with black boards. Institute name stamp on front blank and blind stamp on titlepage but no other ownership marks (no pocket, no spine numbers.) Binding very secure; hinges not cracked in or out. Text clean. VG plus, light wear on cover spine edges and extreme tips.
Published by Leipzig : J.A. Barth, 1929
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Condition: Good. 5. Folge, (5th Series). Volumes 1 through 43 (1929-1943) ALL PUBLISHED; all bound, ex library else text clean & bindings tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.
Published by Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1912
Seller: Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original wrappers, custom box. Condition: Very Good. First edition. RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE REPORTS FROM THE HISTORIC FIRST SOLVAY CONFERENCE, "THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN PHYSICS EVER ORGANIZED" AND A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE BIRTH OF QUANTUM PHYSICS. In the short time that followed Planck's hypothesis of the universal constant that would bear his name, the greatest minds in physics were largely at a loss about how to deal with the bizarre theoretical results that followed (let alone the experimental results which confirmed them!). Much of the focus at the time was on black-body radiation, including work by Planck himself, as well as Lorentz, Rayleigh, and Jeans. However, shortly before the first Solvay conference, a young Einstein had also started investigating the related question of materials' specific heat. (Kuhn). "The purpose of the first Solvay Conference was thus two-fold: first, there was the need to examine whether classical theories (molecular-kinetic theory and electrodynamics) could, in some undiscovered ways, provide an explanation of the problem of black-body radiation and of the specific heat of polyatomic substances at low temperatures; secondly, to consider phenomena in which the theory of quanta could be successfully used." (Mehra). Underlying these questions was the more fundamental mystery of how to interpret the existence of the Planck constant. There were two camps, both of which were represented at the conference. Planck's took the constant to indicate some fundamental constraint on the radiative processes of emission and absorption. For example, "Sommerfeld introduced a version of the quantum hypothesis, which he considered to be compatible with classical electrodynamics. He postulated that in 'every purely molecular process' [a quantized] quantity of action is exchanged." (Staumann). Einstein's camp, on the other hand, took the quantum of action to represent the physicality of a (perhaps pseudo-)corpuscular theory of energy exchange - his photons of light. Although the debates that followed the lectures (included in the proceedings) did not rise to the famous heated exchange that Einstein would have with Bohr at the 1927 Solvay conference, we do see some of the young Einstein's hotheadedness as he opens the debate following Planck's plenary lecture: "What I find strange about the way Mr. Planck applies Boltzmann's equation is that he introduces a state probability W without giving this quantity a physical definition. If one proceeds in such a way, then, to begin with, Boltzmann's equation does not have a physical meaning." (As translated by Straumann.) It would take another 14 years for quantum mechanics to be fully formalized, but the first Solvay conference represents a pivotal point in quantum history: "During 1911 [the] situation changed quickly. Articles that applied the quantum to other topics then outnumbered those on blackbody radiation for the first time, and some were backed by impressive experimental evidence. In part because of that evidence, physicists like Planck and Lorentz, who had previously taken the constant h to be characteristic only of the radiation problem, began to consider additional areas in which others had earlier staked quantum claims." (Kuhn). Albert Einstein and the Solvay Conference: Among the most renown scientists of the day - including Ernest Rutherford, Marie Curie, and Max Planck - Einstein made quite an impression. At age 32, he was the second youngest participant in the conference. The youngest was British physicist Frederick Lindemann, later to become scientific adviser to Winston Churchill. Although "Einstein had already published so many masterpieces, none had actually been put to the test and his theories were looked on rather as tours de force than as definitive additions to knowledge. But his pre-eminence among the twelve greatest theoretical physicists of the day was clear to any unprejudiced observer." (Frederick Lindemann, quoted in Brian). References: Headline quote from the Solvay Instit.