New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1939. 328 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled. Light foxing to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in pencil on front paste-down. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20526SCB
Title: ALBERT EINSTEIN: Maker of Universes
Author: Garbedian, H. Gordon
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls Company
Place of Publication: New York and London
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: SCIENCE BIOGRAPHY SCIENTISTS THEORETICAL PHYSICIST EINSTEIN ALBERT 1879 1955 TWENTIETH 20TH CENTURY THEORY OF RELATIVITY 1915 QUANTUM MECHANICS STATISTICAL MECHANICS COSMOLOGY NOBEL PRIZE FOR PHYSICS 1921 PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT 1905 GERMANY WORLD HISTORY NO
Bookseller catalogs: Science; Science Biography;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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