Relativity: The Special & the General Theory. A Popular Exposition
Published by Methuen & Co, London, 1920
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, CanadaAttic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since December 15, 2006
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 1,500.00
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xiii, [3], 138, [2], 8 p. 20 cm. 5 diagrams and frontispiece portrait of the author. Red cloth with blank impressing on front, black print on spine. Some soiling to covers, corners bumped, spine faded, small tears in spine head. Front pastedown has bookplate for Brenda Mary O'Keefe and small chip to edge. Offsetting to free endpapers. Front hinge cracking internally. A few stains within. 8 p. of Methuen publications listed at rear. First edition of the authorized translation into English of the "popular exposition" of Einstein's theory of relativity. Includes third appendix on "The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity," written by Einstein specially for this edition at the request of the translator. First published in German in 1916, "Relativity" gives readers an insight into the thought processes of one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Relativity: The Special & the General Theory. A Popular Exposition
- Author
- EINSTEIN, Albert; LAWSON, Robert W. (ed.)
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co, London
- Publication year
- 1920
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First UK Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Rare & Antiquarian
Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
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