Relativity by Albert Einstein, First Edition (112 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 159 pp. NAP. Contents divided into 23 chapters and 4 Parts: PART I : "The Origins of the Special Theory of Relativity" [Contributors: Sir Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, Albert A. Michelson and Edward M. Morley, H.A. Lorentz, Jules Henri Poincare, Albert Einstein]; PART II : "The Nature of Relativity Theory" [Albert Einstein]; PART III : "How Was Relativity Theory Born?" [Albert Einstein, Sir Edmund Whittaker, Gerald Holton, Adolf Grunbaum]; PART IV : [1] "The Scientific Reaction to Einstein" [William F. Magie, Louis Trenchard More, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington]; [2] "The Lay Reaction" [The New York Times Editorial, "A Mystic Universe" (January 28, 1928), H. Wildon Carr, Hugh Elliot, Thomas Jewell Craven, Pau; Chatham Squires, Jose Ortega yGasset]. Shiny black wrappers with Title lettering at top center front cover above abstract art object, an arc composed of many adjacent sets of parallel curved lines; Editor name lettering in light gray across middle front cover; Series name lettering in smaller white letters across bottom front cover. Rubbing wear down spine edges and at spine and cover corners; 1" soft creases at front cover corners; many white mini-creases and some white speckles on front cover (NOT in evidence on inside covers), just general useage signs; 21 pp. (of 159 pp.) have small amounts of ink underlining or margin lines; 4 pp. were once dog-eared; previous owner phone number and extension at top right half-title page/ffep: describes worse than it is, but there you have it. For a paperback 55 years old, it is still in good shape: the way to read a Science and Society Classic collection of essays.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION thus; 10987654pt line. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S20.95) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright; BLACK spine titles on BLUE-GREY hard covers.BLACK TITLES on orange & grey dust jacket, showing pointelist facial portrait of Einstein .Black endpapers.; 120pg pages; many 2 dimentional graph chart presentations of Albert's ideas.Theory., equations, and explanations,

Paperback. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Running Press, 2002. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ with bumped corners else As New. NO notes or ANY markings. Not clipped ($26.95) ; 300 pages.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. 165 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

paperbound, 8vo 169 pp. The Stafford Little Lecturesof Princeton University Press, May 1921; first edition was published in 1922 (Methuen); very good condition (almost unused).

Condition: Good. 1967. First edition thus. 161 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

First edition thus. 8vo. [vii], 188 pp. Frontspiece portrait of Einstein. Softcover binding, pictorial cover, very good condition. (101932). Authorized translation by Robert W. Lawson.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. DETAILS: very good light brown cloth with slight dings to upper corners. EINSTEIN, ALBERT. The meaning of relativity. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1945, second edition with added appendix, 135pp., . Printed info on copyright page: The text of the first edition was translated by Edwin Plimpton Adams, the new appendix by Ernst G. Straus. First edition published in 1922. "For this second edition, Mr. Einstein has added an appendix discussing certain advances in the theory of relativity since 1921.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Same format and quality as first printing. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio Society edition, third printing, 2005 (first printing of this edition was 2004). No jacket as issued. With original slipcase. Authorised translation by Robert W. Lawson. Introduced by Roger Penrose. Index. Profusely illustrated. Black slipcase is near fine with the odd very small mark and the odd minor bump/minor scratch. Boards are near fine with a hint of fading to spine. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's small (approx. 2cms by 1cm) sticker to front end-paper which is not easily removable without leaving a mark/scrape/loss to top (paper) surface. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. ; 216 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A collection of original memoirs on the special and general thory of relativity, together with notes by A. Sommerfeld, in their first Dover and Americn publications. Original yellow printed wrappers with red titles. Includes seven diagrams. A glean, bright, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First publication of Einstein's travel diary from 1923 in the Appendix. Single date on copyright. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. X, 159 Pp Including Short Bibliography At End. Orange Cloth, Hardcover. Second Printing. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Part I: The Special Theory of Relativity: 1. Physical meaning of geometrical propositions. 2. The system of co-ordinates. 3. Space and time in classical mechanics. 4. The Galileian system of co-ordinates. 5. The principle of relativity (in the restricted sense). 6. The theorem of the addition of velocities employed in classical mechanics. 7. The apparent incompatibility of the law of propagation of light with the principle of relativity. 8. On the idea of time in physics. 9. The relativity of simultaneity. 10. On the relativity of the conception of distance. 11. The Lorentz transformation. 12. The behaviour of measuring-rods and clocks in motion. 13. Theorem of the addition of velocities. The experiment of Fizeau. 14. The heuristic value of the theory of relativity. 15. General results of the theory. 16. Experience and the special theory of relativity. 17. Minkowski's four-dimensional space.Part II: The General Theory of Relativity: 18. Special and general principle of relativity. 19. The gravitational field. 20. The equality of inertial and gravitational mass as an argument for the general postulate of relativity. 21. In what respects are the foundations of classical mechanics and of the special theory of relativity unsatisfactory? 22. A few inferences from the general principle of relativity. 23. Behaviour of clocks and measuring-rods on a rotating body of reference. 24. Euclidean and non-Euclidean continuum. 25. Gaussian co-ordinates. 26. The space-time continuum of the special theory of relativity considered as a Euclidean continuum. 27. The space-time continuum of the general theory of relativity is not a Euclidean continuum. 28. Exact formulation of the general principle of relativity. 29. The solution of the problem of gravitation on the basis of the general principle of relativity. Part III: Considerations on the Universe as a Whole: 30. Cosmological difficulties of Newton's theory. 31. The possibility of a 'finite' and yet 'unbounded' universe. 32. The structure of space according to the general theory of relativity. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. World-renowned theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was highly interested in enlightening the theory of Relativity to people who were not particularly well-versed in higher mathematic concepts and theoretical physics. His answer to this was to write the ground-breaking work, "Relativity: The Special and General Theory." In the paper, Einstein lays out two contradictory principles: a principle of relativity and a principle of light. Einstein proposed that, rather than discarding these two principles for being conflicting, the rules of time and space should be completely revamped and rethought in order to find a way to make these two principles work in synchronization. Rather than just explaining his new proposal, though, Einstein writes exactly why these rules need to be altered by explaining the inaccuracies and inadequacies located within each of the current theories. Albert Einstein is best known for his work on the theory of Relativity, gaining him the title of "Father of Modern Physics." He also received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics, and his work is attributed as an inspiration for the quantum theory within the field of physics.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, collector's hardcover in brown leather stamped with gilt decorations and all edges gilt, the book has a lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, fraying starting to the tail of the placeholder ribbon, and a previous owner's name inked to the verso of the front fly leaf. Overall, this is a solid, Very Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Firmly bound and clean. No jacket. No slipcase.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Very good conditon. Some minor rubbing on the cover. Couple slight breaks. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st edition thus, 1st impression. Fine hardback book in Near Fine slipcase, no dustjacket as published. Unread, no inscriptions or other markings. First printing of the Folio Society edition, with an introduction by Roger Penrose.

1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Fine small octavo 106pp., text ills., appends., Standard reference.

1st ed. thus hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 164pp., frontis., bibliog., index, A Clear explanation of the famous theory.

Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition; Second Impression. Original decorated boards with original black slipcase. With b/w frontispiece. Slight shelfwear. ; 24x13.5x2 cm (slipcase); 201 pages Original boards with original slipcase.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 19th printing. $3.95 publisher price. Sound, tight, clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London, Jonathan Cape, 1951. Octavo, 124 pages. Cloth slightly rubbed and marked; bookplate on front pastedown; text block lightly tanned; an excellent copy. With a foreword by Albert Einstein entitled 'The Laws of Science and the Laws of Ethics'.

Illustrated Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 72 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. Light Wear. Tiny Squiggle On Front Cover.