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“Zu Kaluzas Theorie des Zusammenhanges von Gravitation und Elektrizität. Erste Mitteilung” WITHBOUND “Zu Kaluzas Theorie des Zusammenhanges von Gravitation und Elektrizität. Zweite Mitteilung” [Offprint], Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preuáische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Physikalisch-mathematische Klasse 6 pp. 22–30, 1927. A. Einstein, Albert.

“Zu Kaluzas Theorie des Zusammenhanges von Gravitation und Elektrizität. Erste Mitteilung” WITHBOUND “Zu Kaluzas Theorie des Zusammenhanges von Gravitation und Elektrizität. Zweite Mitteilung” [Offprint], Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preuáische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Physikalisch-mathematische Klasse 6 pp. 22–30, 1927.

Einstein, A. [Albert]

Berlin: Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1927. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OFFPRINT IN FINE CONDITION OF EINSTEIN’S TWO-PART 1927 COMMENTARY ON KALUZA’S THEORY INVOLVING FIELD EQUATIONS IN FIVE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE. Weil 156. Boni 170. Theodor Franz Eduard Kaluza “attempted to unify Einstein’s theory of gravity with Maxwell’s theory of light by mixing... More

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"Experimental Investigation of Table-Moving" in Journal of the Franklin Institute 56 pp. 328-333, 1853. Michael Faraday.

"Experimental Investigation of Table-Moving" in Journal of the Franklin Institute 56 pp. 328-333, 1853

Faraday, Michael

Philadelphia: Franklin Institute, 1853. 1st Edition. 1853 PAPER BY MICHAEL FARADAY (reprinted from the London Athenaeum) PROVING THAT THE SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA OF TABLE-TURNING HAPPENS AS THE RESULT OF PARTICIPANTS UNCONSCIOUSLY MOVING THE TABLES THEMSELVES. This remains the accepted explanation today.“Table-turning was among the many supernatural phenomena that caught the public’s... More

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“Notiz über die Spectrallinien des Wasserstoffs” [Note on the spectral lines of hydrogen] in Annalen der Physik und Chemie 25 [Band XV], pp. 80–87, 1885. Johann Balmer.

“Notiz über die Spectrallinien des Wasserstoffs” [Note on the spectral lines of hydrogen] in Annalen der Physik und Chemie 25 [Band XV], pp. 80–87, 1885

Balmer, Johann

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1885. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE SEMINAL 1885 DISCOVERY OF THE BALMER FORMULA: A MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FREQUENCIES OF ATOMIC SPECTRAL LINES. “Balmer had found a simple but very accurate formula… to compute the frequencies (and wavelengths) of the light for the... More

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“The Maximum Mass of Ideal White Dwarfs” (pp. 81-82, Chandrasekhar) WITH “Atomic Synthesis and Stellar Energy, Parts I and II) (pp. 250-295 and pp. 308-347, Atkinson) in The Astrophysical Journal Volumes 73 & 74 (bound together), 1931. S. Chandrasekhar, R. D’E. Subramanyan Subrahmanyam WITH Atkinson, Robert.

“The Maximum Mass of Ideal White Dwarfs” (pp. 81-82, Chandrasekhar) WITH “Atomic Synthesis and Stellar Energy, Parts I and II) (pp. 250-295 and pp. 308-347, Atkinson) in The Astrophysical Journal Volumes 73 & 74 (bound together), 1931

Chandrasekhar, S. [Subramanyan] Subrahmanyam WITH Atkinson, R. D’E. [Robert]

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1931. 1st Edition. Bound volume FIRST EDITION OF A PAPER BY CHANDRASEKHAR ON WHITE DWARFS & TWO IMPORTANT PAPERS BY ATKINSON ON ATOMIC SYNTHESIS & STELLAR ENERGY. The Indian American astrophysicist Subramanyan Chandrasekhar work on stellar evolution showed that after burning their fuel, stars enter... More

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“Über eine neue Art sehr schneller -Strahlen,” Zeitschrift für Physik, vol. 54, pp. 686–702, 1929. D. Skobelzyn, Dmitri.

“Über eine neue Art sehr schneller -Strahlen,” Zeitschrift für Physik, vol. 54, pp. 686–702, 1929

Skobelzyn, D. [Dmitri]

Berlin: Julius Springer, 1929. 1st Edition. Full volume, bound FIRST EDITION OF D. SKOBELZYN’S DISCOVERY OF GHOSTLY TRACKS MADE BY COSMIC RAYS IN A CLOUD CHAMBER, a device for revealing the passage of charged particles. While trying to detect gamma radiation in cosmic rays, Skobelzyn had “that acted like electrons... More

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Über eine absolute Bestimmung der Energie der primären -Strahlen von Radium E / Absolute Determination of Energy of Primary Rays from Radium E in Zeitschrift Für Physik 60, pp. 143-155, 1930. L. Meitner, Lise, W. Orthmann, Wilhelm.

Über eine absolute Bestimmung der Energie der primären -Strahlen von Radium E / Absolute Determination of Energy of Primary Rays from Radium E in Zeitschrift Für Physik 60, pp. 143-155, 1930

Meitner, L. [Lise]; Orthmann, W. [Wilhelm]

Berlin: Julius Springer, 1930. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF THE MEITNER & ORTHMANN PAPER IN WHICH THE AUTHORS PROVED DEFINITIVELY BY MEANS OF EXPERIMENTS WITH GEIGER COUNTERS THAT THE BETA-RAY CONTINUOUS SPECTRUM. Their experiments confirm the earlier Ellis and Wooster results regarding the energy deficit in beta radiation. This paper... More

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“The Pressure in the Interior of a Star” (Chandrasekhar) [Vol 85 pp. 372-379] WITH “The Opacity in the Interior of a Star” (Chandrasekhar) [Vol 86 pp. 78-83] WITH “On the Masses of Nebulae and of Clusters of Nebulae” (Zwicky) [Vol 86 pp. 217-246] in Astrophysical Journal 85 & 86 (bound together) 1937. S. Chandrasekhar, Subramanyan Subrahmanyam, Fritz Zwicky.

“The Pressure in the Interior of a Star” (Chandrasekhar) [Vol 85 pp. 372-379] WITH “The Opacity in the Interior of a Star” (Chandrasekhar) [Vol 86 pp. 78-83] WITH “On the Masses of Nebulae and of Clusters of Nebulae” (Zwicky) [Vol 86 pp. 217-246] in Astrophysical Journal 85 & 86 (bound together) 1937

Chandrasekhar, S. [Subramanyan] Subrahmanyam; Zwicky, Fritz

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1937. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF TWO PAPERS BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNER SUBRAMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR & ONE BY FRITZ ZWICKY. Chandrasekhar’s work on stellar evolution showed that after burning their fuel, stars enter a continual & dramatic collapse, works that contain “he seeds of the concept of... More

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"On relaxation-oscillations" in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine 2 pp. 978-992, 1926. Balthasar van der Pol.

"On relaxation-oscillations" in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine 2 pp. 978-992, 1926

van der Pol, Balthasar

London: Taylor and Francis, 1926. 1st Edition. Full volume FIRST EDITION OF THE VAN DER POL EQUATION – THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF OSCILLATIONS THAT ARE NOT NEARLY LINEAR. In this paper, van der Pol, a Dutch physicist, develops differential equations of coupled electrical systems that describe self-oscillating triode circuits. He... More

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"Silicon n-p-n Grown Junction Transistors" in Journal of Applied Physics 26 No. 6 pp. 686-692, June 1955. M. Tanenbaum, Morris, L. B. Valdes, E. Buehler, N. B. Hannay.

"Silicon n-p-n Grown Junction Transistors" in Journal of Applied Physics 26 No. 6 pp. 686-692, June 1955

Tanenbaum, M. [Morris]; Valdes, L. B.; Buehler, E.; Hannay, N. B.

1955. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION & DEMONSTRATION OF THE FIRST SILICON TRANSISTOR. The journal is housed in a blue custom clamshell case, gilt-ruled on the front board and lettered at the spine. Morris Tanenbaum is an American physical chemist who... More

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“Wee Beasties” in Nature 432, 2 December 2004, 557. Paul Nurse.

“Wee Beasties” in Nature 432, 2 December 2004, 557

Nurse, Paul

London: Macmillan, 2004. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS, OF A 2004 ESSAY BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING ENGLISH GENETICIST, PAUL NURSE. The essay is discusses both a personal and scientific turning point, relating to “how a tiny observation turned out to have a controlling influence” on his 1974... More

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“Schallausbreitung in teilweise dissoziierten Gasen” [The Propagation of Sound in Partially Dissociated Gases] extract from Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, pp. 379-403, 1920. Albert Einstein.

“Schallausbreitung in teilweise dissoziierten Gasen” [The Propagation of Sound in Partially Dissociated Gases] extract from Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, pp. 379-403, 1920

Einstein, Albert

Berlin: Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1920. 1st Edition. First edition bound extract of a paper, The Propagation of Sound in Partially Dissociated Gases, “that is a bit off the beaten track for Einstein though its subject, fluids (liquids and gases) is one he dabbled in throughout his life” (Calaprice, Einstein Almanac)... More

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Bemerkung zur Abhandlung von W. R. Hess: Theorie der Viscosität heterogener Systeme. Kolloidzeitschrift 27, 137, 1920. Albert Einstein.

Bemerkung zur Abhandlung von W. R. Hess: Theorie der Viscosität heterogener Systeme. Kolloidzeitschrift 27, 137, 1920

Einstein, Albert

1920. 1st Edition. First edition in original wraps of Einstein’s review of a paper by Nobel Prize winner Walter Rudolf Hess entitled Theory of the Viscosity of Heterogeneous Systems. CONDITION: The journal was published in three sections. All three are here, all bright, clean, and in near fine condition. More

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Déduction Thermodynamique de la Loi L'Equivalence Photochimique, Journal de Physique, pp. 277-282, 1913. Albert Einstein.

Déduction Thermodynamique de la Loi L'Equivalence Photochimique, Journal de Physique, pp. 277-282, 1913

Einstein, Albert

Paris: Journal de Physique, 1913. 1st Edition. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS, OF A LECTURE EINSTEIN GAVE TO THE SOCIETÉ FRANÇAISE DE PHYSIQUE. Einstein delivered the lecture at the end of March, 1913, as an important coda and supplement to his famous 1912 Annalen der Physik publication Thermodynamische Begründung... More

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"Über einen Satz der statistischen Dynamik und seine Erweiterung in der Quantentheorie" from Sitzungsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften physikalisch-mathematischen Klasse 24 pp. 324-341, May 10, 1917 OFFPRINT. Max Planck.

"Über einen Satz der statistischen Dynamik und seine Erweiterung in der Quantentheorie" from Sitzungsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften physikalisch-mathematischen Klasse 24 pp. 324-341, May 10, 1917 OFFPRINT

Planck, Max

Berlin: Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1917. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, OFFPRINT IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS, OF PLANCK'S DERIVATION OF THE FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION, A GENERALIZATION OF EINSTEIN'S EQUATION OF BROWNIAN MOTION (Wikipedia). The Fokker–Planck equation arises in a wide variety of natural science, including solid-state physics, quantum optics, chemical physics, theoretical... More

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“Über die Bedeutung des Wasserdampfes und der Kohlensaüres bei der Absorption der Erdatmosphäre”, Annalen der Physik 3 pp. 720-732, 1900. Knut Ångström.

“Über die Bedeutung des Wasserdampfes und der Kohlensaüres bei der Absorption der Erdatmosphäre”, Annalen der Physik 3 pp. 720-732, 1900

Ångström, Knut

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1920. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, bound full volume, of ÅNGSTRÖM’S 1900 ANALYSIS ASSERTING THAT THE ABSORPTION OF HEAT BY WATER VAPOR DOMINATES THAT OF CARBON DIOXIDE. In a direct challenge to Arrhenius’ conclusions about the importance of carbon dioxide in retaining heat, Ångström’s publication presented “the... More

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“A Single Quantum Cannot Be Cloned” in Nature 299 No. 5886 pp. 802–803, October 28, 1982. W. K. Wootters, William, W. H. Zurek, Wojciech.

“A Single Quantum Cannot Be Cloned” in Nature 299 No. 5886 pp. 802–803, October 28, 1982

Wootters, W. K. (William); Zurek, W. H. (Wojciech)

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1982. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PRINTED PAPER WRAPS OF WOOTTERS’ & ZUREK’S NO CLONING THEOREM &THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT PAPER DISCUSSING TELEPORTATION. The no-cloning theorem is one of the earlier results in the study of quantum information. Published in 1982, Wootters and Zurek’s paper... More

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Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik [A Theory of the Foundations of Thermodynamics] in Annalen der Physik 11 pp. 170–187, 1903. Albert Einstein.

Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik [A Theory of the Foundations of Thermodynamics] in Annalen der Physik 11 pp. 170–187, 1903

Einstein, Albert

Leipzig: Barth, 1903. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS EINSTEIN’S DERIVATION OF ENTROPY FROM THERMODYNAMIC PRINCIPLES. “Einstein showed that the concepts of temperature and entropy follow from the assumption of the energy principle and atomic theory. He required only the foundations of atomic physics but no other physical hypotheses”... More

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"A New Type of Differential Analyzer" in Journal of the Franklin Institute 240 pp. 255-326, 1945 WITH "A Continuous Integraph" in Journal of the Franklin Institute 203 pp. 63–84, 1927. Vannevar Bush.

"A New Type of Differential Analyzer" in Journal of the Franklin Institute 240 pp. 255-326, 1945 WITH "A Continuous Integraph" in Journal of the Franklin Institute 203 pp. 63–84, 1927

Bush, Vannevar

Philadelphia: The Franklin Institute. 1st Edition. BOUND, 2 FULL-VOLUME FIRST EDITIONS OF TWO IMPORTANT PAPERS BY VANNEVAR BUSH ON HIS DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZER – A CRITICAL STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN COMPUTER. Bush’s accomplishment evolved in several iterations, each a stunning technological achievement – each a machine that employed... More

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“Spontaneous fission of Uranium” in Physical Review Vol. 58, No. 1, p. 89, July 1, 1940. G. N. Flerov, Pietrzak Petrjak, Flyorov, K. A. Petrzhak.

“Spontaneous fission of Uranium” in Physical Review Vol. 58, No. 1, p. 89, July 1, 1940

Flerov, G. N. [Flyorov] & Petrzhak, K. A. [Petrjak, Pietrzak]

Lancaster: American Institute of Physics, 1940. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS OF THE FIRST OBSERVATION OF SPONTANEOUS FISSION. Spontaneous fission is a type of radioactive decay in which certain unstable nuclei of heavier elements split into two nearly equal fragments (of lighter elements) and in so doing... More

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On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher Cryptogamia, and on the Fructification of the Coniferae, 1862 [Frederick Curry’s translation of Vergleichende Untersuchungen]. W. F. B. Hofmeister, Wilhelm Friederich Benedikt.

On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher Cryptogamia, and on the Fructification of the Coniferae, 1862 [Frederick Curry’s translation of Vergleichende Untersuchungen]

Hofmeister, W. F. B. [Wilhelm Friederich Benedikt]

London: The Ray Society, 1862. First English Language Edition. FIRST EDITION OF THE ONLY WORK OF WILHELM HOFMEISTER’S TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. “WITH THIS SINGLE PUBLICATION, THE CORE OF BOTANY PASSED FROM ITS MIDDLE AGES TO THE MODERN PERIOD” (Dictionary of Scientific Biography VI, 466). “Friederich Wilhelm Benedikt Hofmeister stands as... More

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“Measurements of general relativistic effects in the binary pulsar PSR1913 + 16”, Nature 277, 8 February 1979, pp. 437-440. J. H. Taylor, L. A. Fowler, P. M. McCulloch.

“Measurements of general relativistic effects in the binary pulsar PSR1913 + 16”, Nature 277, 8 February 1979, pp. 437-440

Taylor, J. H., L. A. Fowler & P. M. McCulloch

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1979. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES IN THE BINARY PULSAR – the gravitational waves Einstein predicted in his 1916 theory of general relativity. The paper is housed in a pristine clamshell case gilt-ruled on the front... More

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Turing's Review of Norbert Wiener's "Cybernetics" in Mathematical Gazette 33 pp. 221-222, 1949. Alan Turing.

Turing's Review of Norbert Wiener's "Cybernetics" in Mathematical Gazette 33 pp. 221-222, 1949

Turing, Alan

London: G. Bell & Sons, 1949. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF ALAN TURING’S REVIEW OF NORBERT WIENER’S SEMINAL WORK, CYBERNETICS – THE FIRST DEFINITIVE WORK ON CYBERNETICS & THE FIRST BOOK (other than a technical report) TO INCLUDE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION OF ELECTRONIC COMPUTING (Origins of Cyberspace, Christie’s 2005). In... More

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“The Absolute Photographic Magnitude of Supernovae” (Baade, pp. 285-304) WITH “Photographic Light-Curves of the Two Supernovae in IC 4182 and NGC 1003” (Baade and Zwicky, pp. 411-421) WITH “On Collapsed Neutron Stars” (Zwicky, pp. 522-525) WITH “On the Frequency of Supernovae” (Zwicky, 529-541) in Astrophysical Journal 88, 1938. Walter WITH Baade Baade, Walter, Fritz WITH Zwicky Zwicky, Fritz.

“The Absolute Photographic Magnitude of Supernovae” (Baade, pp. 285-304) WITH “Photographic Light-Curves of the Two Supernovae in IC 4182 and NGC 1003” (Baade and Zwicky, pp. 411-421) WITH “On Collapsed Neutron Stars” (Zwicky, pp. 522-525) WITH “On the Frequency of Supernovae” (Zwicky, 529-541) in Astrophysical Journal 88, 1938

Baade, Walter WITH Baade, Walter; Zwicky, Fritz WITH Zwicky, Fritz

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1938. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF BAADE’S 1938 PAPER, PROPOSING THAT SUPERNOVAE WOULD BE USEFUL STANDARD CANDLES FOR MEASURING ACCURATE COSMIC DISTANCES (Lee, Modern Supernova Search, Astronomy, SEES, 1). In a separate paper also in this volume, “Baade and Zwicky [give] the first description of... More

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“The Reflection of X-rays by Crystals” in Proceedings of the Royal Society A 88 pp. 428–438, 1913. William Henry Bragg, William Lawrence Bragg.

“The Reflection of X-rays by Crystals” in Proceedings of the Royal Society A 88 pp. 428–438, 1913

Bragg, William Henry; Bragg, William Lawrence

London: Harrison & Sons, 1913. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION OF THE BRAGG FORMULATION OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION, A FUNDAMENTAL PAPER IN THE CONCEPTION OF THE NEW SCIENCE OF X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY LEADING, IN 1915, TO THE 1st NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED JOINTLY TO FATHER & SON. “Thanks to the methods the Braggs devised... More

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"The Determination of the Curvature of Space-Time in de Sitter's World" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 84 No. 9 pp. 747-770, 1924. OFFPRINT. Knut Lundmark.

"The Determination of the Curvature of Space-Time in de Sitter's World" in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 84 No. 9 pp. 747-770, 1924. OFFPRINT

Lundmark, Knut

1924. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, OFFPRINT IN ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPS, OF A PAPER BY LUNDMARK, THE FIRST OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE OF THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE. Published in 1924, this was “three years before Lemaître and five years before Hubble. Lundmark's extragalactic distance estimates [in this paper] were far more accurate... More

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