(First Edition, First Printing) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. Seller Inventory # 030918
Synopsis: This is a welcome reissue with a new Preface of John Rigden's stellar biography of I.I. Rabi, one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century. Rabi's discovery of the magnetic resonance method won him the Nobel Prize in 1944 and stimulated research leading to, among other things, refinements in quantum electrodynamics, refined molecular beam methods, radio astronomy with the hydrogen 21-cm line, atomic clocks and solid state lasers.
About the Author: John S. Rigden is Adjunct Professor of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis.
Title: Rabi: Scientist & Citizen (Alfred P. Sloan ...
Publisher: Basic Books, New York, New York
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Almost Like New
Dust Jacket Condition: Almost Like New
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition, complete line of . NOT an ex library book. 302 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Seller Inventory # 339599
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. (1st) Large, heavy book, maroon cloth, gilt lettering very fine on spine with blue design, 302 lightly browned pages, pink and yellow highlighting on many pages in first half, photo section. DJ glossy with photo of Rabi on front reading book in library, dark blue spine, maroon back with praise from Rosalyn Yalow, Hans Bethe, Howard Nemerov and MacGeorge Bundy. DJ has light wear to bottom front tip, light crease at spine top edge and top back edge. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book. Seller Inventory # 40370
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slightly Frayed DJ. First Edition. 302pp Illus "Scientist and Citizen." Slight foxing . Seller Inventory # 31627
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Xiii, 302 Pp. Maroon Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Blue. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dj Priced $21.95. Seller Inventory # 046569
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: SLIGHTLY FRAYED (FINE). 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # 007543