The Autobiography of Robert A. Millikan
New York: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1950. Illustrated in black and white. 311 pages, 8vo, black cloth, edgeworn. New York: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1950. A very good(-) copy. More
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Mechanics, Molecular Physics, and Heat; A Twelve Weeks' College Course
Boston: Ginn, 1903. Many text illustrations. 242 pages, thin 8vo, green cloth; extremities lightly worn, ownership inscriptions inside front cover, pencil notes rear free endpaper. Boston: Ginn and Company, (1903). A very good copy. More
Oxford Rebels: The Life and Friends of Nevil Story Maskelyne 1823-1911,; Pioneer Oxford Scientist, Photographer and Politician
Wolfeboro: Alan Sutton, 1989. Illustrated. ix + 182 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Wolfeboro: Alan Sutton, (1989). Top edge a bit spotty, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Der Gegenstand der Mathematik mit besonderer Beziehung auf die Relativitatstheorie.
Mit drei Abbildungen. 94p., printed wrappers (detached); ownership name on title page. Braunschweig: Vieweg & Sohn, 1922. Scarce monograph. More
The Lighter Side of Gravity.
San Francisco: Freeman, 1982. Illustrated. 194pp. 8vo, fabricoid, d.w. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, (1982). Near fine. More
The Frictional Effect of Railway Trains upon the Air.
12 pages. Slim 8vo, original drab printed wrappers. St. Louis, 1900. Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis, Vol X, No. 10. More
L'Art des Experiences, ou, Avis aux Amateurs de la Physique, sur le Choix, la Construction et l'usage des Instruments.
Paris: Durand, 1770. 56 fine folding copperplates with several instruments depicted on each. 3 volumes.2 leaves in volume 3 repaired. 12mo, full mottled contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, red leather labels, rubricated edges. Paris: P.E.G. Durand, 1770. Very good (+). Jean Antoine Nollet was a physicist and scientific instrument maker. He supplied instruments to Voltaire. This work, the author's last, "...offers the `amateur of physics' the distillation of forty years of attention to the `choice, construction and use of instruments.'"..... More
The Open Mind.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. 146 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Eight lectures on atomic weapons and the relationship between science and the wider culture of our times by the Father of the Atomic Bomb. The top of the cloth spine is chipped, as is the top edge of the dust wrapper, but the book is in very good, clean condition, with the original $2.75 price on the dust wrapper... More
A Tale of Two Continents: A Physicist's Life in a Turbulent World
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997. Illustrated. xvi + 511pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1997). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Guide to the Literature of Mathematics and Physics including related works on engineering science.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1947. A few illustrations. 205 pages. Slim 8vo, dark green cloth. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1947. First edition. Fine. More
Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical Inrroduction.
London: Macdonald, 1974. Many black & white text illustrations. 413 pages, tall 8vo, green cloth, d.w. chipped. London: Macdonald, (1974). First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Collection de Memoires Relatif a la Physique, Publies par la Societe Francaise de Physique: Memoires sur le Pendule.
Paris: Gautier-Villars, 1889. 2 volumes. 8 folding diagrams, numerous text diagrams. Small 4to, 1/2 brown morocco. decoratively gilt spines, blind stamped pattern on covers. Paris: Gautier-Villars, 1891- 1889, 1891. Near Fine. Comprises vols. IV & V of the collection of memoirs. Includes an extensive bibliography. More
The Science of Musical Sound.
New York: Scientific American Library, 1983. Illustrated in black & white. 242pp. square 8vo, maroon cloth, dust wrapper, spine sun-darkened. New York: Scientific American Library, (1983). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, complete with 45rpm photograph record in a sleeve on back cover. More
Das Prinzip der Relativitat und die Grundgleichunge der Mechanik.
6 pages (pp. 136-141) IN: Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Jahrg. 8, No. 7. Modern wrappers. Whole number offered entire. Braunschweig, 1906. Planck's third major interest, relativity, developed in the winter of 1905-06. It is characteristic of him that, in 1907, he connected the "principle of relativity" with his quantum of action h. More
Bemerkungen zum Prinzip der Aktion und Reaktion in der allgemeinen Dynamik.
Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1908. 5 pages (pp. 728-732) IN: Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, nos. 18/20. 8vo, modern wrappers. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1908. Whole number 18/20 offered entire. More
Das Weltbild der Neuen Physik.
Leipzig: Barth, 1929. Slim 8vo, 52pp. Original printed wrappers, spine chipped. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1929. First Edition. Very good. More
Die Kaufmannschen Messungen der Ablenbarkeit der B-Strahlen in ihrer Bedeutung fur die Dynamik der Elektronen.
15 pages (pp. 418-32) IN: Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, vol. 8, no. 20. 8vo, modern wrappers. Braunschweig, 1906. Whole number offered entire. More
Gedachtnisrede auf Paul Drude.
32 pages (pp. 599-630) IN: Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, vol. 8, no. 23. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. Braunschweig, 1906. No. 23 offered entire. More
Gegen die neuere Energetik.
7 pages (pp. 72-78) EXTRACTED FROM: Annalen der Physik und Chemie, new series, vol. 57. Modern wrappers. Leipzig, 1896. More
Nachtrag zu der Besprechung der Kaufmannschen Ablenkungsmessungen.
5 pages (pp. 301-305) FROM: Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, vol.9 , no. 14. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. Braunschweig, 1907. No. 14 offered entire. More
Ueber den Beweis des Maxwell'schen Geschwindigkeitsvertheilungsgesetzes unter Gasmoleculen.
Leipzig: Barth, 1895. 3pp. IN: Annalen der Physik und Chemie, new series, vol. 55. pp. 220-22. 8vo, rust cloth. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius BArth, 1895. Fine. More
Lecons Sur Les Hypotheses Cosmogoniques Professes a la Sorbonne.
Paris: Librairie Scientifique A. Herman et Fils, 1913. Tall 8vo, 1/2 contemporary brown morocco, marbled boards (lightly rubbed at the edges), original printed wrappers bound-in. Paris: Librairie Scientifique A. Herman et Fils, 1913. First Edition, Very good(+). More
The Voices of the Uninvolved: Speeches and Statements on Atomic Warfare and Test Explosions
New Delhi: National Book Trust India, 1960. 198 pages, 8vo, decorative printed wrappers (pages warped; corners rubbed). New Delhi: National Book Trust India, 1960. A very good(-) readable copy with a clean interior. More
Who Got Einstein's Office? Eccentricity And Genius At The Institute For Advanced Study.
Addison-Wessley, 1987. Illustrated. 316pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc, 1987. Fine. Fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More