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ALBERT EINSTEIN: PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST. Signed by Albert Einstein
by Einstein, Albert
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Evanston, Ill: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Albert Einstein. ALBERT EINSTEIN: PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Evanston, Ill.: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949. First Trade Edition. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. SIGNED. Large 8vo., xvi, 781pp. Signed in black fountain pen as: "Albert Einstein / Princeton / 1950" on the title page. [neat previous owner's gift inscription on the front fly leaf] A very nice copy in the original dustwrapper showing light use. Includes essays by 25 leading scientists; Einstein's reply to their essays, a bibliography of Einstein's works, & an interesting 47-page autobiography by Einstein printed in both German & English on facing pages. Nicely illustrated throughout with photographs, a facsimile of a page of Einstein manuscript, & diagrams. Bibliography of the writings of Albert Einstein, to October 1949, compiled by M. C. Shields, pp. 689-758. Contributors include: Arnold Sommerfeld, Wolfgang Pauli, Max Born, Niels Bohr, Hans Reichenbach, P. W. Bridgman, Karl Menger, Max Von Laue, Kurt Gödel, Gaston Bachelard, & others. Signed trade editions are decidedly uncommon. Custom slipcase. Weil page 41 Appendix.
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- ALBERT EINSTEIN: PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST. Signed by Albert Einstein
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- Einstein, Albert
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- 1st Edition
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- Library of Living Philosophers
- Place of Publication
- Evanston, Ill
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Relativity
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