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Publication Date: 1919
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. Leipzig 1919 first edition. 4to wraps. issue for 1 Oktober 1919, no 19. Schrodinger article pp. 450-455 . This is only one part of 5 part article. Good Plus, faint wrinkling, no owner marks.
Publication Date: 1919
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1919 first edition. 4to wraps. issue for 15 Oktober 1919, no 20474-480. Schrodinger article pp. 450-455 . This is only one part of 5 part article. VG, light cover toning, one tip turned down, no owner marks.
Publication Date: 1919
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: near Fine. Berlin 1919. Article at pp. 450-455 in single complete issue of Physikalische Zeitschrift No 19 for 1 Oktober 1919. This is one part of a 5 part series. Additional articles by other writers in issue as well. 4to., original printed tan wraps. near Fine, cover toned and lightly worn. Binding secure and text clean. No ownership marks.
Publication Date: 1919
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. Berlin 1919. Article at pp. 420-428 in single complete issue of Physikalische Zeitschrift No 18 for 15 September 1919. This is one part of a 5 part series. Additional articles by other writers in issue as well. 4to., original printed tan wraps. VG, cover toned and lightly worn. Binding secure and text clean. No ownership marks.
Publication Date: 1919
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. Berlin 1919. Article at pp. 523-526 in single complete issue of Physikalische Zeitschrift No 22 November 1919. This is one part of a 5 part series. Additional articles by other writers in issue as well. 4to., original printed tan wraps. near VG, cover toned and lightly worn. Binding secure and text clean. No ownership marks.
Publication Date: 1929
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Good. Berlin 1929 first edition. Springer. 4to wraps. Schroedinger article pp. 9-11. Other articles in issue as well. Good, front cover panel somewhat soiled; some wrinkling on front cover.
Publication Date: 1925
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Fine. Leipzig 1925 first edition. Hirzel. Original printed 4to wraps. Issue no 9, 26 Jahrgang, 23 Mai, 1925 of Physikalaische Zeitschrift. issue paginated pp. 345-364. Schroedinger article at pp. 349-352. Fine. 1933 Nobel winner in Physics.
Publication Date: 1914
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1914 Barth. first edition. One issue of Annalen der Physik, band 44 heft 6. 1914. no. 14. tanprinted octavo wraps. Schroedinger article at pp. 916-934. near VG a bit of light chipping on backstrip; no ownership marks; text clean. Schroedinger won Nobel in Physics in 1933.
Publication Date: 1924
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Near Fine. Berlin 1924 first edition. Springer. sm 4to wraps. Schroedinger article pp. 925-928. Near Fine, no owner marks.
Publication Date: 1915
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1915 first edition. Barth. Original printed octavo wraps. Schroedinger article pp. 413-418. Other articles in issue as well. VG.
Publication Date: 1925
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Berlin 1925 first edition. Springer. Die Naturwissenschaften issue for 1 Mai 1925. sm 4to wraps. Schrodinger article on pp. 373-375. Other articles in issue as well. Near Fine; no ownership marks. Color theory.
Publication Date: 1920
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1920 first edition. Barth. Annalen der Physik , vierte folge, band 62. Hardcover octavo. 762p. Schroedinger article pp. 603-622. In German. Volume also has work by Max Born, Max Wein, Sommerfeld, von Laue, Weyl, and more. VG. Marbled boards with 3/4 black cloth. Small owner stamp of Prof. Dr. A. Byk. No other ownership marks Some text pages lightlty and evenly toned .
Publication Date: 1920
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1920 first edition Barth. Article in German on pp. 69-86 in one complete volume of Annalen der Physik, Band 61, vierte folge. Other articles in same volume by Ernst Reichenbacher, Max Born, Falckenberg, Jaffe and many others. Hardcover. Octavo, 760p., illustrations, 3/4 black cloth with marbled boards. Small owner name stamp - Prof. Dr. A Byk- no other ownership marks. VG, very light wear, text evenly toned. Binding secure.
Publication Date: 1918
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Wien 1918 first edition. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, 127 Band. 2. Heft. octavo original printed wraps. issue paginated 177-362 mit 3 Textfiguren. Schrodinger article pp. 177-238 mit 3 Textfiguren. VG+, cover a bit toned; text clean and largely unopened. Scarce.
Publication Date: 1923
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. Berlin 1923 first edition, first printing. Vieweg, Springer. Original printing of this article. On pages 13-23 in one complete issue of Zeitschrift fur Physik. zwolfter band, erstes/zweites heft. Octavo wraps. VG Plus, slight chipping on backstripand slight area of toning onfront cover.
Publication Date: 1924
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. 1924 Karl Scheel. Article in German at pp. 173-174 in single complete wraps issue of Zeitschrift fur Physik, Funfundzwanzigster band. other important scientific articles in same issue including work by Werner Heisenberg. Octavo. VG. No ownership marks.
Publication Date: 1925
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1925 first edition. Barth. One thick hardcover volume of Annalen der Physik , vierte folge, Band 77. Schroedinger article on pp. 325-336. Entire volume paginated vii, 1-782 . Many additional articles by other scientists. Black cloth with mounted handwritten paper title spine label. VG plus (spine label worn. ) text Fine, clean and bright. Binding secure. No ownership marks. Schroedinger won Physics Nobel in 1933.
Publication Date: 1926
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Berlin. 1926 first edition. Springer. sm4to wraps. Issue paginated 653-676. Schroedinger article pp. 664-6 mit 2 Figuren. Landmark paper in history of Physics - wave theory, waves groups, coherent states. Very Near Fine, no faults, no owner marks; slight rusting at binding staples. Pictures available on request.
Publication Date: 1918
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Wien 1918 first edition. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, 127 Band. 2. Heft. octavo original printed wraps. issue paginated 197-365 mit 1 Tfel und 5 Textfiguren. Schrodinger article pp. 237-262. VG, cover a bit toned; edges of pages and cover curled; text clean and largely unopened. Scarce.
Publication Date: 1924
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. 1924 Karl Scheel. Article in German at pp. 173-174 in single complete volume of Zeitschrift fur Physik, Funfundzwanzigster band. Numerous other important scientific articles in same issue including work by Werner Heisenberg, J. Frenkel, A. Lande and Hans Bartels among others. Hardcover. Octavo, gray papercovered boards with light blue cloth spine. Good plus, light wear, some light toning in text. No ownership marks.
Publication Date: 1915
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: VG. Leipzig. 15 August 1915. Hirzel. issue no 16. 16. Jahrgang. original brown printed sm 4to wraps. Schroedinger article pp. 289-294. Issue paginated 289-312. VG . no owner marks.
Publication Date: 1913
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Braunschweig 1913 first edition. Vieweg. Vol XI of Berichte der Deutschen Physikalishchen. hardcover very thick (4" thick) octavo. 3/4 dark brown cloth with brown/black marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering. Illustrations. 1374p. plus 468p. Halbonatliches Literaturverszeichnis. Includes: SCHROEDINGER "Notiz" pp. 1167-1172. Owner stamps on titlepage, end of text and on end papers - no other marks. Very nice condition: Near Fine, end papers slightly toned. VG+++.
Publication Date: 1913
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Braunschweig 1913 first edition. Vieweg. Vol XI of Berichte der Deutschen Physikalishchen. thick octavo. Original binding. 3/4 dark blue-green cloth with brown/yellow marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering. Illustrations. 1374p. Includes: SCHROEDINGER "Notiz" pp. 1167-1172. Many other important articles in volume as well. No Owner marks. Truly excellent condition. faint end paper toning. Very Near Fine. Unusually nice condition.
Publication Date: 1913
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Braunschweig 1913 first edition. Vieweg. Berichte der Deutschen Physikalishchen. hardcover very thick octavo. Spine and tip leather with orange and browned marbled boards. marbled boards. Two black leather labels mounted on backstrip. Illustrations. 1374p. Includes: SCHROEDINGER "Notiz" pp. 1167-1172. Small bookseller stamp on front end paper, no other marks. Leather rubbed; binding secure; hinges not cracked; no owner marks.
Publication Date: 1926
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: VG. Leipzig 1926 first edition Hirzel. Full year of Physikalische Zeitschrift - Januar to Dezember 1926 - bound in one volume without original issue covers. In German. Hardcover. 4to., 874p. Mit zehn Tafeln. Schroedinger's landmark article on pp. 95-101. Other articles include work by Otto Hahn "Was lehrt uns die Radioaktivitat ueber die Geschichte der Erde?"; W. Pauli "Ueber die Dielektrizitatskonstante von Dipolgasen nach der Quantenmechanik"; and much more. , 3/4 black cloth. brown and black patterned boards. Mounted paper title spine label. VG, light board edge wear; binding very secure, no cracked hinges, no ownership marks; text clean and bright.
Publication Date: 1927
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Near Fine. Leipzig 1927 first edition. Barth. One thick hardcover volume of Annalen der Physik , vierte folge, Band 83. Schroedinger article on pp. 956-968. Entire volume paginated viii, 1-1224 and IX Tafel . Many additional articles by other scientists. Black cloth with mounted handwritten paper spine title label. Near Fine (spine label worn. ) Text Fine, clean and bright. Binding secure. No ownership marks. Schroedinger won Physics Nobel in 1933.
Published by Julius Springer, Berlin, 1935
Seller: Atticus Rare Books, West Branch, IA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF ERWIN SCHRODINGER'S SEMINAL THOUGHT EXPERIMENT KNOWN AS "SCHRODINGER'S CAT," present here in all three papers.This is not an ex-library copy. In May of 1935, Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen's published a paper (the famous EPR paper) on quantum entanglement that argued, in part, that quantum mechanics was not a complete physical theory. After its publication, and in a series of letters between Einstein and Schrodinger, Schrodinger became intrigued by what Einstein believed was an absurd contradiction in the application of Heisenberg and Bohr's Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics to the world of tangible objects. The experiment Schrodinger designed - as famous in physics as it is in philosophy -- illustrates the conflict Einstein and Schrodinger perceived between what quantum theory argues is true about the nature and behavior of matter on the microscopic level, and what we observe to be true about the nature and behavior of matter on the macroscopic level. Rather than an everyday object Einstein had discussed, however, Schrodinger applied his depiction of the absurdity of the Copenhagen interpretation to something living - to a cat. In the experiment, Schrodinger wrote: "A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following device (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): in a Geiger counter, there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of the hour, one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges, and through a relay releases a hammer that shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if meanwhile no atom has decayed. The psi-function of the entire system would express this by having in it the living and dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts." To Schrodinger, the Copenhagen interpretation insinuates that the cat remains both alive and dead until the box is opened. "Schrödinger did not wish to promote the idea of dead-and-alive cats as a serious possibility; quite the reverse. The thought experiment serves to illustrate the bizarreness of quantum mechanics and the mathematics necessary to describe quantum states. Intended as a critique of just the Copenhagen interpretation, the Schrödinger cat thought experiment remains a topical touchstone for all interpretations of quantum mechanics. How each interpretation deals with Schrödinger's cat is often used as a way of illustrating and comparing each interpretation's particular features, strengths, and weaknesses" (Wikipedia). CONDITION & DETAILS: Berlin: Julius Springer. 4to (10.5 x 7 .75 inches; 262 x 194mm). 870pp. This volume is NOT an ex-library copy and there are no stamps whatsoever. Rebacked in black with a paper label at the spine; marbled paper boards. Slight toning to a few pages. Very good condition.
Publication Date: 1935
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Near Fine. Berlin 1935 first edition. Springer. 4to hardcover. volume 23 of Die Naturwissenschaften. Volume paginated xix, 870p, 8p. Schroediner article appears on pp. 807-812; 823-828 and 844-849. ***One of the most famous papers in all of modern physics. Original binding. Volume is in wonderful condition - two tiny (1/4 inch) closed tears in cloth on top spine end o/w Near Fine. Black cloth spine with black and red marbled boards. Volume has the additional interesting ownership mark: Two neat ink circular stamps of Institut der Reichsuniversitat Graz with image of the Nazi widespread winged eagle perched on a swastika . Text is Fine, bright and clean, no wear, no tears. Pictures available on request.
Published by Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 1944
Seller: Atticus Rare Books, West Branch, IA, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st Edition. 1944 FIRST EDITION. SCARCE PRE-PUBLICATION OF SCHRODINGER'S SEMINAR LECTURES. HECTOGRAPHED TYPESCRIPT housed in a custom case. Signed copy of the physicist, C.E. Easthope. OCLC cites only a handful of these specific printings: "very small edition of the lectures was published in hectograph form by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies" (University of St. Andrews). A hectograph was an early apparatus for copying documents. While this specific print-run is unknown, in similar cases it is usually under 30 copies. "From January to March 1944 Schrodinger returned to one of his first loves in science in a course of lectures on Statistical Thermodynamics. They were published in a small hectographed edition. In [this work] he covered the fundamentals of the subject with an insight and clarity that have never been equaled. The book is a distillation of his many years of creative work in the field" (Moore, Schrodinger, 415). "The object of this seminar [was] to develop briefly one simple, unified standard method, capable of dealing, without changing the fundamental attitude, with ALL cases (classical, quantum, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, etc.) and with every new problem that may turn up. The interest is focused on the general procedure, and examples are dealt with as illustrations thereof. Not a first introduction for new-comers to the subject is intended, rather a 'repetitorium'. The wording is extremely shortened about well-known stories to be found in every one of a hundred text-books, but more extended on some vital points, usually passed over in all but large monographs (as Fowler's and Tolman's). There is, essentially, only one problem in statistical thermodynamics: the distribution of a given amount of energy E over N identical systems." (From the General Introduction by Schrodinger, f. 1). Schrodinger argues that this "is the mathematical problem" and that it is "always the same" (ibid). He further states "There are two ways to think about it but there are two different attitudes as regards the physical application of the mathematical result" (ibid). Schrodinger assesses both Gibbs's and Boltzmann's methodology - the two different attitudes to which he refers and "It is in the course of the present lectures that Schrodinger explains why he thought the Boltzmann counting method not be appropriate. Furthermore, Schrodinger here distinguishes himself from his 1925-6 publications on the same subject by presenting (1) the complete relinquishment of the concept of wave packets, and (2) the exclusive stress put on the field quantization formalism which, for all statistical purposes, is equivalent to Schrödinger's initial quantized matter wave model" (ibid). "Between 1940 and 1956, Schrodinger was senior professor at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Study's School of Theoretical Physics, during which his tenure there became famous as a gathering-place for discussion of current problems in physics" (Jeremy Norman). CONDITION & DETAILS: Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1944. Hectographed typescript in custom brown case with a brown, gilt-lettered label at the spine. Complete. 4to. 251 x 201mm. [2], 135ff. Original stiff wrappers, cloth spine with light scuffing and creasing. Very good + copy with former owner's signature on the title page ("C. E. Easthope." Charles Emmanuel Easthope, "is best known for developing the full theory of radiation from electrons travelling at close to the speed of light" (Wikipedia).
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1944. 4to. Original pre-publication typescript, hectographt print, printed on rectos only. In original red printed wrappers with black cloth spine. Paley Johanson's copy, with his owner's name and inscription to top of front wrapper: Paley Johnson/ Dept. of Colloid Science/ Free School Lane/ Cambridge". A few smaller nicks and creases to front wrapper, otherwise a fine clean copy. (2), 135 ff. Scarce pre-publication typescript, with an excellent provenance, of Schrödinger's important attempt at developing a simple, unified standard method of dealing with all cases of statistical thermodynamics, developed in his seminar lectures of the Dublin institute for advanced studies in January - March 1944. A very small edition of the lectures was published in hectograph form by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies [offered item]. In 1952 the first public printing, differing a bit from the hectograph printing, of the lectures appeared - in a book of the same title. That highly popular book was printed in large numbers. "The idea of this seminar is to develop briefly one simple, unified standard method, capable of dealing, without changing the fundamental attitude, with ALL cases (classical, quantum, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, etc.) and with every new problem that may turn up. The interest is focused on the general procedure, and examples are dealt with as illustrations thereof. Not a first introduction for new-comers to the subject is intended, rather a 'repetitorium'. The wording is extremely shortened about well-known stories to be found in every one of a hundred text-books, but more extended on some vital points, usually passed over in all but large monographs (as Fowler's and Tolman's)There is, essentially, only one problem in statistical thermodynamics: the distribution of a given amount of energy E over N identical systems." (From the General Introduction by Schrödinger, f. 1).It is in the course of the present lectures that Schrödinger explains why he thought the Boltzmann counting method not be appropriate. Furthermore, Schrödinger here distinguishes himself from his 1925-6 publications on the same subject by presenting (1) the complete relinquishment of the concept of wave packets, and (2) the exclusive stress put on the field quantization formalism which, for all statistical purposes, is equivalent to Schrödinger's initial quantized matter wave model. "A very small edition of these lectures was published in hectograph by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. It is hoped that the present edition, for which the text has been slightly revised, may reach a wider circle of readers. (Initiating Note in the second edition of the book). PALEY JOHNSON (1917-2011) was a famous colloid scientist, in the field of which he became a world authority, focusing on the physical properties of biological macromolecules in solution. Having won a place at Trinity College Cambridge and gone on to make a PhD there, he went on to the Royal Institution in London, where, along with Albert Alexander, he produced a comprehensive two-volume Oxford University Press monograph on Colloid Science, which, for nearly half a century, remained the authoritative text in the field, and is still a valuable reference source, even today. Primarily in recognition of this, along with other achievements, the University subsequently awarded Paley the distinction of an ScD degree. In 1950, he returned to Free School Lane to take up an academic post at the Colloid Science Laboratory."Paley was first and foremost an experimentalist, one of the best, and his attention turned to physical techniques for solving biological problems - to two techniques in particular, of which he became the master and a world authority. One was the analytical Utracentrifuge. [.] Paley found a completely new application for this technique in the characterization of gels, gelatin and other jelly-like materials. One of the present world leaders in colloid science, Professor Helmut Colfen at the University of Konstanz in Germany, comments on this work on gel analysis in the analytical ultracentrifuge: "Paley did the first systematic analyses of gel systems in the centrifuge which was highly pioneering work since up to then, only solutions or dispersions of particles had been investigated. He found that the behaviour of a gel in the centrifuge was fundamentally different from a solution or dispersion and established the theory describing this. He was thus the first one to accurately describe the behaviour of gels in the centrifugal field and laid the foundations for the analysis and understanding of the important class of materials known as hydrogels, crucial for their application in food and biopharmaceuticals."The other technique which became Paley's trademark was light scattering of macromolecular dispersions - a technique requiring meticulous attention to detail. Without that attention, as Paley would say, "experiments were not useful". In his own research and publications, he did a lot to establish good practice, giving detailed procedures for achieving this, and was very critical of other studies where this attention to detail was not followed or shortcuts had been taken. [.] Colloid science at Cambridge and Paley Johnson were almost synonymous." (Steve Harding, Obituary in The Biochemical society, december 2011).Colloid Science, with its study of large molecules, is a bridge building subject lying at the boundary of a number of disciplines, physical chemistry, biology and mathematics. It's results are important and beneficiel in a large number of fields. During the War Paley worked in the colloid laboratory collaborating with others on various projects: the development of incendiary mixtures and the use of cellulose nitrate in making cordite for rockets" the use of detergents in lubrication the use of synthetic polymers in warfare. He also had a wartime research Fellowship sponsored by ICI looking at an inter.