Selecta by Weyl Hermann (8 results)

HardBack. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Herausgegeben Zu Seinem Siebzigsten Geburstag Von Der Eidgenossischen Technischen Hochschule in Zurich Und Vom Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton .German edition.Very good condition blue cloth boards. Dustjacket is in good condition, apart from small closed tear bottom right of front cover.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket is tanned along spine and edges, not affecting legibility of text. Jacket corners are bumped and cover is lightly smudged. Cover is in excellent condition, apart from two bumped corners. Spine is cracked, but binding is secure. Ink signature from previous owner on front endpaper, but inside is otherwise clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Nicely rebound in quarter leather and marbled boards. Clean text. Slight smoke smell.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-library with the usual features. The interior is clean and tight. Binding is good. Cover is slightly faded, otherwise good. 592 pages. The text is in German. Ex-Library.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Birkhauser, 1956. Very rare; text in German and English; subtitle: "Published on the occasion of his seventieth birthday by the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton"; from the personal library of mathematician Ray Kunze, whose signature can be found on the front pastedown; jacket rubbed/lightly soiled/very age-toned, edges lightly bumped, spine deeply age-toned, shallow (~0.5 inch) chipping to top spine end, ~0.5 inch chips to front corners, more minor chipping to rear corners; cover very faintly rubbed, corners and spine ends lightly rubbed/bumped; edges lightly soiled; binding tight; jacket, cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Weyl], [Hermann. Selecta Hermann Weyl. Published on the Occasion of his 70th birthday by the Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschule in Zürich and the Insitute for Advanced Studies in Princeton. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1956, 592pp., dust-jacket worn and frayed around edges with a few minor tears, very good blue cloth, some wear to top of spine, previous owner's bookplate: Sigma Xi Princeton Chapter book award to David L. Beckedorff, 1962. Reprints 19 of Weyl's mathematical essays from 1910 to 1952 and includes a complete bibliography of his works.

592 S. mit Abbildungen, Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1280 Groß 8°, 8°, Original-Leinen, Bibliotheks-Exemplar (ordnungsgemäß entwidmet), Stempel auf Titel, Einband minimal fingerfleckig, insgesamt gutes und innen sauberes Exemplar,

Gr.8°, Frontispiz, 592 S., OLwd. m. OU, OU etw. gebräunt, tlw. randrissig u. am Rücken wasserfleckig, sonst tadellos. EA. - «Hermann Weyl, 9.11.1885 Elmshorn (Preussen) - 8.12.1955 Zürich, prot., Deutscher, ab 1939 amerikan. Staatsangehöriger. [.] Ab 1904 Stud. der Mathematik in München und Göttingen, 1908 Promotion in Göttingen bei David Hilbert, 1910 Habilitation. 1913-30 o. Prof. an der ETH Zürich, 1930 Berufung als Nachfolger Hilberts nach Göttingen. 1933 Emigration, bis zur Emeritierung 1951 am Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (New Jersey), dann vorwiegend an der ETH Zürich. W. gilt als einer der grössten Mathematiker der 1. Hälfte des 20. Jh. Seine wissenschaftl. Tätigkeit betraf sozusagen alle Gebiete der Mathematik (Zahlentheorie, Algebra, Analysis, Geometrie, theoret. Physik, Philosophie der Mathematik). Zahlreiche seiner Veröffentlichungen haben die weitere Entwicklung beeinflusst. Daneben verfasste er auch Werke für ein breiteres Publikum. Mehrere Ehrungen, u.a. Lobatschewski-Preis der Univ. Kasan, und Ehrendoktorate, u.a. der ETH Zürich, der Sorbonne in Paris und der Columbia University in New York» (HLS). 1600 gr. Schlagworte: Mathematik Naturwissenschaft.