codifying quantum mechanics
DIRAC, Paul.
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics.
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1930.
Paul Dirac (1902-1984) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933 for his relativistic wave equation, which correctly described the spin of electrons and was the first theory to fully account for special relativity in the context of quantum mechanics. The equation implied the existence of antimatter, predicting electrons with a positive charge, a daring speculation that was unexpectedly confirmed in 1932 when positrons were discovered in cosmic radiation.
First edition, first impression; 8vo; a little spotting to title, half title, and endpapers, contents very faintly toned; original dark green cloth, titles to spine gilt, spine tanned, cloth a little rubbed, an excellent copy; 257pp.
Stock code 120415
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The Principles of Quantum Mechanics.
MANN, W.B.
The Cyclotron.
1940
First edition of the first conventionally published book on the Berkeleye cyclotron, by Wilfrid B. Mann, a student of Ernest O. Lawrence.
$1,702.00
[SANDAGE, Allan] HARRISON, Stephen.
Emanational Physics.
1988.
The second edition of Emanational Physics, a rare and unusual self-published text by Stephen Harrison proposing to correct the field of physics by reframing it metaphysically.
$1,702.00
OPPENHEIMER, Robert; SERBER, Robert; SNYDER, Hartland.
'The Production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons'
January 15, 1940.
First edition of production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons by Robert Oppenheimer, a significant early work in particle physics and the path to the discovery of the pion and muon.
$681.00
[TESLA, Nikola]. HALLER, George F.; CUNNINGHAM, Elmer Tilling.
The Tesla High Frequency Coil.
1910.
A first edition of the well-illustrated copy of The Tesla High Frequency Coil by George F. Haller and Elmer Tilling Cunningham
$3,403.00
NEWTON, Isaac; EINSTEIN, Albert.
Opticks or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light.
1931.
Fifth edition of Newton's Opticks, the first published since the fourth edition of 1730, and the first with Albert Einstein's foreword. An unusually nice copy in the uncommon diust jacket.
$885.00