Vues générales sur la théorie de la Relativité. Traduction autorisée accompagnée d'une étude sur l'oeuvre du Professeur Eddington et de notes par Thomas Greenwood. Préface de Paul Painlevé
by EDDINGTON, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)
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Paris,: Gauthier-Villars,, 1924.. [ii, blank], xxiv, 101, [iii] pp. 8vo (13,5 x 21 cm.). Original printed wrappers, uncut. ¶ A nice clean copy. The great astronomer, Eddington, "was the first intreperter of Einstein's relativity theory in English (1918), and made his own contributions to its development; Einstein considered Eddington's 'Mathematical Theory of Relativity" (1923) the finest presentation of the subject in any language..." (DSB concise ed. p. 220). Loosely inserted is the publisher's flyer for the series "Les Maîtres de la Pensée Scientifique".
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- Vues générales sur la théorie de la Relativité. Traduction autorisée accompagnée d'une étude sur l'oeuvre du Professeur Eddington et de notes par Thomas Greenwood. Préface de Paul Painlevé
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- EDDINGTON, Arthur Stanley (1882-1944)
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- Used
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- Gauthier-Villars,
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- Paris,
- Date Published
- 1924.
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- relativity einstein physics astronomy
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- history of science;
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Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
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