Einstein and the Generations of Science (FIRST PRINTING) by Feuer, Lewis S - 1974

Basic Books, 1974-07-16. Hardcover. Good.

Basic Books. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Basic Books, 1974. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. Basic Books, 1974, 0465018718, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, Good condition, ex-library with the usual markings, scattered underlining, mostly pencil, edge wear. 374 pages..

New York: Basic Books, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A Near Fine copy in brown cloth, in a Very Good dust jacket sunned/tanned at the top edge and outer edge of the white rear panel.

New York: Basic Books, 1974-06-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. Like new hard cover edition with very good dust jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Clean. Tight binding. No markings. 374 pages.

New York : Basic Books , 1974. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 374 pages, b&w photos. Light wear, rubbing sunning to dust jacket spine, else a clean, tight copy. Record # 854276

New York: Basic Books, Inc., (1974). Octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), top edge blue, ix + 374 pp. Near-Fine, with neat former-owner signature; in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear. From dust jacket: No scientific breakthrough really happens by chance. A theory of relativity demands more than an Einstein, says Lewis Feuer. It takes a certain intellectual cimate, a decisive tension within the very fabric of society, to spur one man’s potential genius into world-shaking achievement. It is Dr. Feuer’s provocative thesis that intergenerational conflict plays a key role in scientific creativity. And in Einstein and the Generations of Science, he vividly recreates the unique social, political, and philosophical milieux in which the extraordinary promise of Einstein -- and scientific contemporaries -- took root and flourished into greatness. In this absorbing intellectual history, we come to know Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, de Broglie, and many others not as formidable… Read More

New York, New York, U. S. A.: Basic Books, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound In Brown Cloth Over Boards With Light Blue Titling On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Dyed Blue. The Book Has A Small Light Red Stain Near The Lower Edge Of The Back Pastedown. Small Faint Stain On The Lower Page Edges. The Unclipped Jacket Has Moderate Age Toning And A Small Price Sticker Ghost On The Back Side.

New York: Basic Books, 1974. hardcover. very good. 374pp., thick 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (1974). Very good.<br/><br/>

New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1974. 8vo. ix. 374 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover in Very Good jacket. Brown cloth, blue lettering to spine and matching color to top of text block. Dust jacket has light rubbing to corners of spine, in protective cover. Black and white photographs. Contents include: The Social Roots of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Social, Generational, and Philosopical Sources of Quantum Theory, Generational Movements and 'Scientific Revolutions', Conflict of Scientific Schools, Index. "In this absorbing intellectual history we come to know Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, de Broglie, and many others not as formidable theoreticians, but as men of high imaginative powers-influenced by and influencing the social worlds in which they lived." It is Dr. Feur's thesis that intergenerational conflict plays a key role in scientific creativity. ISBN 0465018718. #631.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.