Search Results

Lancaster, American Physical Society, 1950. Lex8vo. Entire volume in the original printed orange wrappers. Minor miscolouring to front wrapper, otherwise a fine and clean copy. [Bethe:] Pp. 212-19. [Entire issue: 119-219 pp]. First printing of Bethe's much used paper which sums the research within Slow Alpha-Particles. In an interview Bethe was asked:"INTERVIEWER: It[The present paper] is certainly bringing every- thing up to date and making some corrections, and also it apparently is the first Reviews of Modern Physics paper since the three articles in the thirties. So it is significant in that double sense. I would like to ask if I am right in my interpretation of this kind of mediating service role, and whether you were conscious about playing that role, and what led up to this 1950 version of it?BETHE: I was very conscious of it and I think I had become even more conscious at Los Alamos where this was a very essential function to perform, to give something to the experimenters that was really useful and derived from the theory. I have felt that all the time. I felt also the obligation of keeping things somewhat organized in the scientific sense, that when people go off on tangents and do something that obviously is not very closely related to the subject, to reemphasize what is the important point in the subject. I think up to the middle of the fifties I was conscious of that role and to some extent was able to do so. Since then, I know I haven't, certainly not in particle physics." (Interview with Hans A. Bethe by Charles Weiner at Cornell University, May 8, 1972)."Bethe was one of the great physicists of the twentieth century. After the advent of quantum mechanics, in two classic articles published in 1933 in the Handbuch der Physik he detailed the applications of the new quantum theory to atomic and solid state physics. After the discovery of the neutron in 1932 in a series of articles in the Reviews of Modern Physics, he did the same for nuclear physics. In 1938 he formulated the nuclear physics responsible for energy production in stars. During World War II he contributed importantly to the development of radar and of atomic weapons. Because of his involvement in making A- and H-bombs possible, he subsequently devoted considerable efforts in limiting further developments of atomic weaponry and bringing about international agreements for the reduction of extant nuclear weapons and the curtailment of their production and design. He made Cornell University, his base of operation from 1935 until his death, an outstanding center of theoretical physics and a model research community in all branches of physics." (DSB).

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1846. 4to. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 31 Band, 2. Heft, 1846". In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. Fine and clean. [Jacobi:] Pp. 93-110; Pp. 178-180. [Entire issue: Pp. 93-180, (2) + 2 plates.]. First printing of two papers by Jacobi on geometry."Most of Jacobi's fundamental research articles in the theory of elliptic functions, mathematical analysis, number theory, geometry, and me-chanics were published in Crelle's Journal fue die reine and angewandte Mathematik. With an average of three articles per volume, Jacobi was one of its most active contributors and quickly helped to establish its international fame. Yet his tireless occupation with research did not impair his teaching. On the contrary- never satisfied to lecture along trodden paths, Jacobi presented the substance of his own investigations to his students. He would lecture up to eight or ten hours a week on his favorite subject, the theory of elliptic functions, thus demanding the utmost from his listeners. He also inaugurated what was then a complete novelty in mathematics-research seminars-assembling the more advanced students and attracting his nearest colleagues." (DSB).

Samt. hshirtbd. Helt rent ekspl. Originaludgave.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1832. 4to. As extracted from "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 1832, band 8". Without backstrip. Fine and clean. Pp. 347-57 [Entire extract: Pp. 347-384 ]. First appearance of Jacobi's paper on the Pfaffian method. "Most of Jacobi's fundamental research articles in the theory of elliptic functions, mathematical analysis, number theory, geometry, and me-chanics were published in Crelle's Journal fue die reine and angewandte Mathematik. With an average of three articles per volume, Jacobi was one of its most active contributors and quickly helped to establish its international fame. Yet his tireless occupation with research did not impair his teaching. On the contrary- never satisfied to lecture along trodden paths, Jacobi presented the substance of his own investigations to his students. He would lecture up to eight or ten hours a week on his favorite subject, the theory of elliptic functions, thus demanding the utmost from his listeners. He also inaugurated what was then a complete novelty in mathematics-research seminars-assembling the more advanced students and attracting his nearest colleagues." (DSB).

A la Haye, Daniel Steucker, 1680. 12mo. Cont.full calf. Richly gilt back. Corners bumped. (32), 415 pp.

Berlin, Springer, 1924. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 23, 1924. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 388-410. [Entire volume: IV, 417, (1) pp.]. First printing of Born and Heisenberg's paper on the deformability of the ions on optical and chemical constants. Cassidy 1924c

Kjøbenhavn, L. A. Jørgensen, 1873-1876. I tre ensartede nydelige halvlæderbind med rygforgyldning. Tidligere ejers navn på forsatsblad ("Jacob Hegel", tidligere direktør hos Gyldendal). Et pænt og nydeligt sæt.

Stockholm, (P.A. Norstedt), 1887. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. No. 9, Vol.32 of 'Bihang till K. Svenska Vet.Akad. förandlingar'. A very fine and clean copy. Pp. 561-576. First German appearance, published five month later same year as the Swedish original, on the theory of electrolytic dissociation."Through the influence of Edlund, Arrhenius received a travel grant from the Swedish Academy of Sciences which made it possible for him to work in the laboratories of Ostwald in Riga (later in Leipzig), Kohlrausch in Würzburg, Ludwig Boltzmann in Graz, and van't Hoff in Amsterdam. During these Wanderjahre (1886-1890), he further developed the theory of electrolytic dissociation. Arrhenius' theory was, however, slowly accepted at first, but because of neglect rather than active opposition. It was the enthusiasm and influence of Ostwald and van't Hoff that helped to make it widely known. In 1887 Arrhenius met Walther Nernst in Kohlrausch's laboratory. There, too, he carried out an important investigation on the action of light on the electrolytic conductivity of the silver salts of the halogens."Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) was a prominent chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. He was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the pioneering work which he had done in his famous dissertation on electrolytic conductivity ('Recherches sur la conductivité galvanique des électrolytes', 1884). However Arrhenius is becoming increasingly more known for his discovery of the greenhouse effect and its influence on global temperature.Papers from this supplement series to the 'Proceedings of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' are often mistakenly identified as offprints or 'first seperate edition' (indicating the existence of a jounal edition) because they have their own title page with the publishers named and their own pagination, but they are not - all publications from this series were printed seperatley in this way and issued with wrappers.

Odense, 1845. Smukt senere hldrbd. i oaseged. Litograf.Portræt. Ubeskåret. Ubeskåret. Sjælden.

Sth., 1851. Samt lidt slidt hldrbd. - Bogen indeholder 6o håndkolorerede plancher, og er første del af ialt 3 bind. Tavlerne er kopier efter Palmstruch.

Amsterdam, Wetsteins, 1708. 8vo. In contemporary full calf. Traces from old paper-label on top to spine. Light wear to extremities, a few holes to boards. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Small wormtract to first half of bookblock. (12), 383 pp. + engraved half-title and 1 folded map. Wanting the portrait.

Leipzig, Hirzel, 1915. 8vo. In contemporary red half cloth. Stamp to front free end-paper. Wrappers bound in the back. Fine and clean. IV, 460 pp.

Cairo, Costa Tsoumas, 1957. 4to. Solid privat full cloth. 165 pp. and 49 plates. Mémoires de L'Institut D'Ègypte, Vol. 55.

Kbhvn., Trykt paa Forfatterens Forlag, hos Hartv. Fridr. Popp, 1823. Indbundet i 3 samtidige halvlæderbind med rig rygforgyldning. Med gammelt navn på friblad. (8),366,(2); ((8),393,(1); xvi,376,(2) pp. Indeholder blandt andet førstetrykket af "Der er et yndigt Land". Liebenberg I,106.

Kbhvn. 1961. 4to. Privat helshirt med orig. for-og bagomslag. 357 pp. Illustr. Disputats. Med dedikation til Chr. Westergaard-Nielsen.

K., 1858 - 60. Orig. komp. helshirtbd. Begge permer løsgået. Indimellem brunplettet. 4 originaludgaver med i alt 16 førstetryk. Bfn 767, 774, 782, 794.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1843. 4to. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 26. Band, 4 Heft, 1843". In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. Fine and clean. [Tortolini:] Pp. 277-310. [Entire issue: Pp. 277-368, (2) + 1 plate.]. First printing of Italian Mathematician's paper on definit integrals relating to surfaces. Barnaba Tortolini was a 19th-century Italian priest and mathematician who played an early active role in advancing the scientific unification of the Italian states. He founded the first Italian scientific journal with an international presence, Annali di scienze matematiche e fisiche, and functioned a professor of mathematics at the University of Rome for 30 years.

Kjøbenhavn, Reitzels Bo og Arvinger, 1857. Velbevaret i et senere nydeligt sort papbd. med forgyldt skindtitel på ryg. XVI,296 pp. Rent frisk eksemplar. Originaludgave. Himmelstrup 272.

Stockholm, Haegström, 1821. Samt. hldrbd. Ryg itu ved kapitæl. VIII,262 pp. Brunplettet.

[Berlin, G. Reimer, 1827.] 4to. As extracted, without backstrip. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. Hrsg. von A.L. Crelle", 2. Band, 1827". Fine and clean. Pp. 31-100. In 1827, L. Olivier [26] published a paper claiming that the harmonic series represents a kind of 'boundary' case with which other potentially convergent seriesof positive terms could be compared.

Berlin, Springer, 1936. 8vo. In contemporary halv cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Bd. 102, 1936. Entire volume offered. Stamp to front free end-paper and titlepage, otherwise fine and clean. Pp. 709-733. [Entire volume: VIII, 793 pp.]. First printing of Hartmann's Ph.D. thesis on the electrical properties of oxide semiconductors.

Oslo, Cappelen, 1951-52. Lex8vo. Orig. halvldr. med omslag. 365,397 pp. Rigt illustr. i s/h og farver.

Cologne, Jean de Castel, 1655. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities, a few scratches to boards. Previous owner's name in contemporary hand to title-page, internally with occassional light brownspostting. 296 pp.

Leipzig, B. G. Teubner, 1888. 8vo. Bound in recent full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Mathematische Annalen", Volume 31., 1888. Entire volume offered. Library label pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper. Small library stamp to lower part of title title page and verso of title page. Very fine and clean. Pp. 482-492. [Entire volume: IV, 606 pp.]. First printing of Hilbert's paper on binary forms.

Köbenhavn, Schubothe, 1808. 8vo. In contemporary blank board with marbled paper pasted on in the center. Small paper-label pasted on top of spine. A nice and clean copy. (6), 57 pp.