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Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity and Gravitation
by Schlick, Moritz
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1920. Third Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover is clean with very minimal wear. Blind stamped double border on front and back, gilt lettering on front and spine is bright. Front paste down endpaper has bookplate of the Library of the Medical Society of Kings and withdrawn stamp. Library stamp on title page and last page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Top edge of text block has speckled foxing. Lacking DJ. This is the third edition which has been revised to include details of the astronomical confirmation of general relativity. Translated from German by Henry L. Brose. Professor Schlick was a physicist and philosopher who along with members of the Vienna Circle developed logical positivism, also known as logical empiricism. Book would be near fine if not for ex-library status. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages .
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- Seller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 13336
- Title
- Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: An Introduction to the Theory of Relativity and Gravitation
- Author
- Schlick, Moritz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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