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EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. "Über einem die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt" [On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light].
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EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955.
"Über einem die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt" [On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light]. WITH: "Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Wärme geforderte Bewegung con in ruhenden Flüssigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen" [On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid, as Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat].
AND WITH: "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper" [On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies]. All in: Annalen der Physik, Vol 17, pp 132-148, 549-560, 891-921. Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1905.
8vo (212 x 148 mm). Cloth-backed German marbled boards, spine gilt. Spine sunned, edges rubbed, first and last gatherings reinforced, rear hinge slightly cracked but sound. Overall a very good copy of this important volume.
Provenance: Geometric bookplate with initials AG to front paste-down; blindstamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington to front fly-leaf.
FIRST EDITIONS, JOURNAL ISSUES, OF THREE OF EINSTEIN'S MOST IMPORTANT PAPERS. "Of all the scientific journals in the world, the single most sought-after collector's item by far is the Annalen der Physik, volume XVII, for 1905, for in that year Einstein published not one but three papers in the journal, causing 1905 to be dubbed the annus mirabilis of science. These three papers were: the first experimental verification of Max Planck's quantum theory; Eisntein's examination of Brownian motion, which proved the existence of molecules, and and the special theory of relativity, with its famous equation, E=MC2" (Watson, The Modern Mind, An Intellectual History of the 20th Century, p 90).
In the first paper, "Über einem die Erzeugung...," published on June 9th, "Einstein suggested that light be considered a collection of independent particles of energy, which he called 'light quanta.' Such a hypothesis, he argued, would provide an answer to the problem of black-body radiation where classical theories had failed, and would also explain several puzzling properties of fluorescence, photoionization and the photoelectric effect" (Norman). It was for this paper, along with his 1906 paper "Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung und Lichtabsorption" [On the Theory of Light Production and Light Absorption], that Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel prize for Physics. In the second paper, "Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie...," published on July 18th, Einstein treats Brownian motion. "Brownian motion is the most important stochastic process. As a practical tool, it has had profound impact on almost every branch of physical science, as well as several branches of social science. As a creation of pure mathematics, it is an entity of uncommon beauty. It reflects a perfection that seems closer to a law of nature than to human invention" (Steele Stochastic Calculus and Financial Applications p 29).
The third paper, "Zur elektrodynamik bewegten Körper," published on September 26th, is Einstein's first paper on the subject of special relativity and the paper that would later make him famous. Dibner, Heralds of Science 167; Grolier/Horblit 26b; Norman 689; cf. PMM 391; Weil 6, 8, & 10.
AND WITH: "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper" [On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies]. All in: Annalen der Physik, Vol 17, pp 132-148, 549-560, 891-921. Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1905.
8vo (212 x 148 mm). Cloth-backed German marbled boards, spine gilt. Spine sunned, edges rubbed, first and last gatherings reinforced, rear hinge slightly cracked but sound. Overall a very good copy of this important volume.
Provenance: Geometric bookplate with initials AG to front paste-down; blindstamp of the Carnegie Institution of Washington to front fly-leaf.
FIRST EDITIONS, JOURNAL ISSUES, OF THREE OF EINSTEIN'S MOST IMPORTANT PAPERS. "Of all the scientific journals in the world, the single most sought-after collector's item by far is the Annalen der Physik, volume XVII, for 1905, for in that year Einstein published not one but three papers in the journal, causing 1905 to be dubbed the annus mirabilis of science. These three papers were: the first experimental verification of Max Planck's quantum theory; Eisntein's examination of Brownian motion, which proved the existence of molecules, and and the special theory of relativity, with its famous equation, E=MC2" (Watson, The Modern Mind, An Intellectual History of the 20th Century, p 90).
In the first paper, "Über einem die Erzeugung...," published on June 9th, "Einstein suggested that light be considered a collection of independent particles of energy, which he called 'light quanta.' Such a hypothesis, he argued, would provide an answer to the problem of black-body radiation where classical theories had failed, and would also explain several puzzling properties of fluorescence, photoionization and the photoelectric effect" (Norman). It was for this paper, along with his 1906 paper "Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung und Lichtabsorption" [On the Theory of Light Production and Light Absorption], that Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel prize for Physics. In the second paper, "Über die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie...," published on July 18th, Einstein treats Brownian motion. "Brownian motion is the most important stochastic process. As a practical tool, it has had profound impact on almost every branch of physical science, as well as several branches of social science. As a creation of pure mathematics, it is an entity of uncommon beauty. It reflects a perfection that seems closer to a law of nature than to human invention" (Steele Stochastic Calculus and Financial Applications p 29).
The third paper, "Zur elektrodynamik bewegten Körper," published on September 26th, is Einstein's first paper on the subject of special relativity and the paper that would later make him famous. Dibner, Heralds of Science 167; Grolier/Horblit 26b; Norman 689; cf. PMM 391; Weil 6, 8, & 10.
Footnotes
EINSTEIN'S ANNUS MIRABILIS PAPERS.