Relativity. The Special & The General Theory. A Popular Exposition.
London: Methuen, 1921. Trans. Robert W. Lawson. Octavo, original cloth boards, title blindstamped front board and in gilt on spine, frontis portrait plate of Einstein, diagrams, pp xiii, 138, 8 pp publisher's ads. Small nick to rear hinge between rear free and rear fixed endpaper. Free endpapers tanned. Top of spine bumped, contents clean. Very good condition.
Early UK printing (1921) of Einstein's theory of relativity, which transformed physics. First published in 1920, this 'Special and General Theory' remains the most popular of his titles. This fourth edition published in the same year Albert Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. Item #99826
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