Einstein: A Biography
by Vallentin, Antonina
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. Informal biography of the German-born Swiss patent examiner who later made some contributions to theoretical physics, winning the Nobel Prize in 1921. The author knew Einstein & family and here focusses on his personality more than his accomplishments. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first British edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Light wear to book; corners rubbed; doubly-price-clipped jacket shows some edgewear, chips, short tear, several spots on spine; ink name. Text clean; [6], 219 pages, b/w frontispiece portrait. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0623
- Title
- Einstein: A Biography
- Author
- Vallentin, Antonina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Biography, History of Science, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Nobel Prize
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
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