Einstein Albert Theoretical Physicist (2 results)
Published by [Probably California], 1932. 1932
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- Manuscript
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Vintage gelatin silver photograph (216 x 165 mm). Photographer's credit stamp "Keystone View Co. Inc., New York" (extremely light) to verso. An exceptional vintage portrait showing Einstein, pipe in mouth, standing on the deck of the Dutch steamship SS Rotterdam on his arrival in New York from Europe in April 1921. Captured at t…he height of his worldwide fame on his first U.S. visit, the image recalls the public reception that accompanied the transatlantic voyage, undertaken in part to support the Hebrew University project in Jerusalem. - Signed and inscribed in fountain pen at upper left. Unusually, Einstein has filled the opposite corner with six lines of autograph mathematical equations, transforming a celebrity portrait into a personal scientific memento. The recipient, Faris M. Brown, was a California violin dealer whom Einstein met during his Caltech visiting professorships of 1931-33. - Einstein was himself a dedicated and passionate amateur violinist. His mother arranged for him to take lessons from the age of six, and he would continue to play the violin throughout most of his life, often drawing scientific inspiration from a few minutes of practice. While in Pasadena during his visits to Caltech, Einstein played with Artur Rodzinski, the L.A. Philharmonic's conductor. His instrument, which he affectionately named "Lina" (short for "Violina"), survives and recently commanded £860,000 at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in Gloucester. - Signed photographs of Einstein are scarce in any form, and examples further augmented by autograph equations remain a notable rarity. - Some light age wear; minor corner creases, short closed tear to the left blank border. Very minor traces of former mounting to the edges of the verso. - Inscribed to Faris McDonald Brown (1901-1961), a Los Angeles-based violin dealer long with the Rudolph Wurlitzer company who worked with such artists als Fritz Kreisler, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Mischa Elman.
More imagesPublished by Princeton, 1947-51 1947
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Seller: Kotte Autographs GmbH, Roßhaupten, , GermanyKotte Autographs GmbH
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4to. Each 1/2 page. Personal stationery, onionskin paper; earliest letter mounted at corners to larger sheet and sides trimmed (not affecting text), folds (few with minor loss to signature), most with minor chipping at edges, faint scattered soiling. To inventor John Anthony Gillmeier, in German, mostly concerning his invention…of a machine to therapeutically stimulate muscles using electric current, and declining his invitation to join an organization [New York Academy of Sciences, of which Gillmeier was a member?].22 October 1947: "[] You seem to overestimate the possibilities of my work, as do many others. Under the present circumstances, I can do nothing but state my opinion from time to time when the opportunity arises, and not too often, so as not to compromise [] [the] effect. []" 11 September 1951: "I have read your letter [] and have looked at your drawings, but I cannot judge them either in a positive or a negative sense. The fact that currents can act on muscles is well known. However, whether you can achieve a health-promoting effect in the way you have suggested, I have no judgment. []" Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.
