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The Meaning of Relativity. Translated from the German by Edwin Plimpton Adams.

Auction 85 · Lot 73

The Meaning of Relativity. Translated from the German by Edwin Plimpton Adams.

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$600

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author

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

printer

Princeton University Press (printed at the Aberdeen University Press)

Place

Princeton

Publication

1923

Description

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION with “Published 1922” on copyright page and “1923” on title page. * With scarce dust-jacket.

summary

“In this book Albert Einstein elucidates his Theory of Relativity and explains its most recent developments. He treats the subject under three headings: Space and Time in Pre-Relativity Physics; The Theory of Special Relativity, and The General Theory of Relativity. And while he provides here ample mathematical apparatus for the scientist, he writes so the layman too can understand” (From the dust jacket).
pp. viii, 123, (1). Corners of end-leaves browned, pencil signature (R.W.D. Taylor”) on opening blank. Original gilt-tooled cloth, small tears to dust-jacket. 8vo.
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