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Nuclear reactions in the continuous energy region. Offprint from Nature, Vol. 144, July 29, 1939....

On the Determination of the Tension of a recently formed Water-Surface. Niels BOHR

The Quantum Postulate and the Recent Development of Atomic Theory. Offprint from: Atti del...

The Quantum Postulate and the Recent Development of Diminutive Theory. Offprint from: Atti del Congresso Internazionale dei Fisichi Como, Septembre 1927. [Offered with:] The Quantum Postulate and the Recent Evolution of Atomic Theory. Offprint from Nature, vol. 121, no. 3050, April 14, 1928.

Bologna; Edinburgh: Nicola Zanichelli; R. & R. Clarke, 1928; 1929. Start edition, extremely rare offprints, of the two quite distinct versions of this fundamental newspaper introducing Bohr'south statement of his 'complementarity' principle, the basis of what became known as the 'Copenhagen estimation' of breakthrough mechanics. Bohr "divers the complementarity principle..... More than
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Bound volume of 25 offprints, including the four papers in which Born introduced the probability...

Recherches sur le Spectre Solaire. [With:] Spectre normal du soleil. Atlas de six Planches....

La pression barometrique. Paul BERT

La pression barometrique.

Paris: Masson, 1878. First edition, very rare in commerce, inscribed author'south presentation copy, and an uncommonly fine copy, of Paul Bert'south classic work, which marks the foundation of the study of altitude physiology. In this work, "Bert proved that the principal symptoms of altitude sickness ascend from reduced partial pressure..... More
Particular #5284

Recherches sur la théorie des quanta. Louis Victor Pierre Raymond De BROGLIE

Recherches sur la théorie des quanta.

Paris: Masson et Cie. 1924. Showtime edition, rare, of de Broglie'south revolutionary doctoral thesis on the quantum theory, which, Einstein said, "lifted a corner of the great veil" (Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe, p. 327). In this piece of work he developed the startling and revolutionary idea that fabric particles such..... More
Item #5444

A new system of chemical philosophy, Vol. I, Part I & II. John DALTON

A new system of chemical philosophy, Vol. I, Role I & II.

Manchester: Russell for R. Bickerstaff, 1808-1810. Starting time edition, inscribed by Dalton, and in original publisher'south boards with original printed spine labels, of his classic work on the atomic theory of matter. "Dalton reconstructed Newton'southward speculations on the construction of thing, and, applying them in a new grade to chemistry, gave..... More
Item #4942

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? Offprint from...

Tin can Breakthrough-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete? Offprint from Physical Review, vol. 47, no. x, May 15, 1935.

Lancaster, PA: American Concrete Society, 1935. First edition, very rare offprint, of the famous 'EPR paper', one of the most discussed and debated papers of modern physics, and the foundation for the new fields of quantum calculating and cryptography. "In the May 15, 1935 result of Physical Review Albert Einstein..... More
Item #5045

Beiträge zur Quantentheorie. Offprint from Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen...

Forces in molecules. Offprint from: Physical Review, Second Series, Vol. 56, No. 4, August 15,...

Forces in molecules. Offprint from: Physical Review, Second Series, Vol. 56, No. four, August 15, 1939.

[Lancaster, PA & New York, NY: American Institute of Physics for the American Physical Order, 1939]. Commencement edition, extremely rare offprint, inscribed past Feynman, of Feynman's senior undergraduate thesis at MIT, a fundamental discovery "that has played an important part in theoretical chemistry and condensed thing physics" (Selected Papers, p...... More
Item #4833

Der Comptoneffekt nach der Schrödingerschen Theorie. Walter GORDON

Der Comptoneffekt nach der Schrödingerschen Theorie.

Berlin: Springer, 1926. First edition of Gordon's account of the 'Klein-Gordon equation' ('KG equation' in what follows), the get-go attempt at unifying wave mechanics with special relativity. The KG equation was discovered past several authors independently, the kickoff being the Swedish physicist Oskar Klein, although the equation appeared only incidentally..... More
Item #4497

'Uber das Zerplatzen des Urankernes Durch Langsame Neutronen.' [TOGETHER WITH:] HAHN,...

'Uber das Zerplatzen des Urankernes Durch Langsame Neutronen.' [TOGETHER WITH:] HAHN,...

Black Hole Explosions? Offprint from: Nature, Vol. 248, No. 5443, 1 March 1974. Stephen William...

Black Pigsty Explosions? Offprint from: Nature, Vol. 248, No. 5443, i March 1974.

[London: Macmillan, 1974]. First edition, extremely rare offprint issue, and Hawking's own file copy, of his well-nigh important commodity, predicting that black holes emit radiations, now known as 'Hawking radiations'. This would crusade relatively low mass black holes (less than 1012 kg) to 'evaporate' completely in a time less than..... More
Item #5076

'Anwendung der Quantenmechanik auf das Problem der anomalen Zeemaneffekte,' pp. 263-277 in...

1) Typed letter in German signed to H. A. Kramers, one page, on letterhead of the Kaiser...

(1) Typed letter of the alphabet in German signed to H. A. Kramers, one page, on letterhead of the Kaiser Wilhelm-Institut für Physik. Berlin, 10 January 1944. Stapled to (2) HEISENBERG. Die beobachtbaren Grössen in der Theorie der Elementarteilchen Three. Typed manuscript with his autograph additions and corrections, 23 pages, undated.

[N.p. N.p., 1943-44]. Celebrated autograph letter from Werner Heisenberg (1901-76), the inventor of breakthrough mechanics and author of the famous uncertainty principle, to his fellow physicist and one-time collaborator Hendrik Anthony Kramers (1894-1952), discussing Heisenberg'due south Southward-matrix arroyo to elementary particle physics and urging Kramers to collaborate with him on a...... More
Item #5304

'Zur Quantentheorie der Linienstruktur und der anomalen Zeemaneffekte,' pp. 273-297 in...

'Zur Theorie des Ferromagnetismus,' pp. 619-636 in Zeitschrift für Physik, 49. Band, 9. &...

Zur Quantendynamik der Wellenfelder, pp. 1-61 in Zeitschrift für Physik, 56. Bd., 1. & 2. Heft,...

Zur Quantendynamik der Wellenfelder, pp. i-61 in Zeitschrift für Physik, 56. Bd., 1. & 2. Heft, viii July, 1929 [With:] Zur Quantendynamik der Wellenfelder Two, pp. 168-190 in Zeitschrift für Physik 59. Bd., 3. & 4. Heft, 2 January, 1930.

Berlin: Julius Springer, 1929-thirty. Start edition, journal problems in original printed wrappers, of this two-role paper which represents the "formal invention of quantum electrodynamics [QED]" (Miller, p. xiii). "Three years earlier the discovery of the positron Heisenberg and Pauli – in two papers 'Zur Quantenmechanik der Wellenfelder' and 'Zur Quantenmechanik..... More
Item #2627

Die naturphilosophischen Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik. Grete HERMANN

Die naturphilosophischen Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik.

Berlin: Verlag Öffentliches Leben, 1935. Start edition, very rare offprint issue, of Hermann'southward doctoral thesis. "In 1935 Hermann published an argument demonstrating an credible flaw in John von Neumann'southward 1932 proof which was widely claimed to show that a hidden variable theory of quantum mechanics was incommunicable. Hermann's result went..... More than
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Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction. Offprint from Nature, Vol....

Disintegration of uranium past neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction. Offprint from Nature, Vol. 143, No. 3615, 11 February 1939 [PMM 422b]. [Offered with:] Products of the fission of the uranium nucleus. Offprint from Nature, Vol. 143, No. 3620, 18 March 1939.

[London: Macmillan, 1939]. Beginning edition, extremely rare offprints, of the discovery of nuclear fission, a process which had been observed past Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann the previous year simply for which they were unable to provide an explanation. "In the late 1930s, a series of experiments showed that bombarding..... More
Item #5185

Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction. Offprint from Nature, Vol....

Disintegration of uranium by neutrons: a new type of nuclear reaction. Offprint from Nature, Vol. 143, No. 3615, 11 February 1939.

[London: Macmillan, 1939]. First edition, extremely rare offprint, of the discovery of nuclear fission, a process which had been observed past Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann the previous year only for which they were unable to provide an explanation. "In the tardily 1930s, a series of experiments showed that bombarding..... More
Item #5323

A New Modification of the Cloud Method of Determining the Elementary Electrical Charge and the...

The High-Frequency Spectra of the Elements, I-II. Henry Gwyn Jeffreys MOSELEY

The Loftier-Frequency Spectra of the Elements, I-II.

London: Taylor and Francis, 1913-14. Kickoff edition, an exceptionally fine ready of both parts of this landmark work, journal issue, in the original printed wrappers. "In 1913 and 1914, respectively, Moseley (1887-1915) published two papers which, one time and for all, established a house connection of the Periodic Tabular array, which was..... More
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