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Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Illinois: The Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.
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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)
Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Illinois: The Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.
First edition, presentation copy inscribed by Einstein: ‘To Mr A.C. Robbins with kind regards / A. Einstein. 50.’ Einstein's ‘Autobiographical Notes’, published here in English with the German text on facing pages, is actually an account of the development of his scientific thought, and is a major original contribution. In addition, Einstein contributed ‘Remarks Concerning the Essays Brought Together in this Co-Operative Volume’, in which he replies to the various essays by contributors including: Arnold Sommerfeld, Louis de Broglie, Wolfgang Pauli, Max Born, Niels Bohr, Hans Reichenbach, Percy Bridgman, F. S. C. Northrop, E. A. Milne, Leopold Infeld, Max von Laue, and Kurt Gödel.
Octavo (233 x 154mm). Frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth with signature stamped in gilt on upper cover; printed dustjacket (dustjacket faint wear to head and foot of spine panel, some tape to lower panel and traces to front flap). Provenance: by descent.
Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist, edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Illinois: The Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.
First edition, presentation copy inscribed by Einstein: ‘To Mr A.C. Robbins with kind regards / A. Einstein. 50.’ Einstein's ‘Autobiographical Notes’, published here in English with the German text on facing pages, is actually an account of the development of his scientific thought, and is a major original contribution. In addition, Einstein contributed ‘Remarks Concerning the Essays Brought Together in this Co-Operative Volume’, in which he replies to the various essays by contributors including: Arnold Sommerfeld, Louis de Broglie, Wolfgang Pauli, Max Born, Niels Bohr, Hans Reichenbach, Percy Bridgman, F. S. C. Northrop, E. A. Milne, Leopold Infeld, Max von Laue, and Kurt Gödel.
Octavo (233 x 154mm). Frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth with signature stamped in gilt on upper cover; printed dustjacket (dustjacket faint wear to head and foot of spine panel, some tape to lower panel and traces to front flap). Provenance: by descent.
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