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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)

Lot 155
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Lot 155 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)
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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955)
A group of 11 offprints, including:
‘Das Prinzip von der Erhaltung der Schwerpunktsbewegung und die Trägheit der Energie.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 20. Leipzig: Barth, 1906. [And:] – ‘Über eine Methode zur Bestimmung des Verhältnisses der transversalen und longitudinalen Masse des Elektrons.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 21. Leipzig: Barth, 1906. [And:] – ‘Lichtgeschwindigkeit und Statik des Gravitationsfeldes.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 38. Leipzig: Barth, 1912. [And with:] – and Marcel GROSSMANN (1878-1936). ‘Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. I. Physikalischer Teil … II. Mathematischer Teil.' Offprint from: Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik. Vol. 62. Leipzig and Berlin: B. G. Teubner, 1913.
An extremely important collection of 11 offprints, from the library of the pioneering theoretical physicist Arnold Sommerfeld (1868-1951). This collection contains some extremely important papers of Einstein’s works. The first named is significant because it further develops Einstein's ideas on the relationship between mass and energy, expanding on his famous equation E=mc². The second named contributes to his work on special relativity and the behaviour of electrons at high velocities, while the third named represents Einstein's early work on gravitational theory, which would eventually lead to his general theory of relativity. The final named paper, co-authored with Marcel Grossmann, is crucial as it presents an early version of Einstein's general theory of relativity, which would revolutionize our understanding of gravity and space-time.

Arnold Sommerfeld was a German theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to atomic and quantum physics. He extended Niels Bohr's atomic model by introducing elliptical orbits for electrons and proposed additional quantum numbers, including the azimuthal and magnetic quantum numbers. Sommerfeld also introduced the fine-structure constant, contributed to X-ray wave theory, and co-discovered the Sommerfeld-Wilson quantization rules. His seminal work ‘Atombau und Spektrallinien’ became a foundational text for the new generation of physicists developing atomic and quantum physics. Sommerfeld was an exceptional educator, mentoring 7 Nobel Prize winners and numerous other prominent physicists. Despite being nominated for the Nobel Prize a record 84 times, he never received the award. Nevertheless, he was honoured with several prestigious accolades, including the Lorentz Medal, the Max-Planck Medal, and the Oersted Medal, and was elected to numerous scientific academies worldwide. In 1918, Sommerfeld succeeded Einstein as chair of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, and in 1922 Einstein wrote to his successor: ‘What I especially admire about you is that you have, as it were, pounded out of the soil such a large number of young talents’ (A. Pais, ‘Subtle is the Lord...’: The Science and Life of Albert Einstein, 1982).

11 works, octavo (most 222 x 143mm or approx. 253 x 170mm) and quarto (280 x 200mm). Publisher's printed wrappers, all bar two author's offprints with the text ‘Überreicht vom Verfasser’ printed either on the upper wrapper or one first page of text (occasional faint dust-soiling, most with faint vertical ceasefold). Provenance: Arnold Sommerfeld (red chinagraph numbering and underlining on all of the upper wrappers, 2 upper wrappers with ownership inscriptions).

The complete listing of offprints is as follows:
1. ‘Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 11. Leipzig: Barth, 1903. (Upper wrapper with a few tiny marginal chips, corners a fraction dogeared,tiny marginal tear without loss to lower wrapper, internally clean and fine.) BRL 4; Weil 4. Provenance: Arnold Sommerfeld (ink ownership inscription on upper cover) – portion of ink postmark stamp in blank area of upper cover.
2. ‘Das Prinzip von der Erhaltung der Schwerpunktsbewegung und die Trägheit der Energie.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 20. Leipzig: Barth, 1906. (Faint vertical creasefold and crease near head of spine, the whole slightly loose, but internally clean and fine.) BRL13; Weil 13.
3. ‘Über eine Methode zur Bestimmung des Verhältnisses der transversalen und longitudinalen Masse des Elektrons.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 21. Leipzig: Barth, 1906. (Faint crease and tiny wear near head of spine, a few other tiny insignificant nick and tears to wrappers, internally clean and fine.) BRL 14; Weil 14.
4. – and J. LAUB (1884-1962). ‘Über die elektromagnetischen Grundgleichungen für bewegte Körper.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 26. Leipzig: Barth, 1908. (Faint vertical creasefoldand a couple of other light creases throughout.) BRI 23; Weil 22. Provenance: J. Laub (co-authorial ink presentation inscription on upper wrapper to:) – Arnold Sommerfeld.
5. – and J. LAUB (1884-1962). ‘Über die im elektromagnetischen Felde auf ruhende Körper ausgeübten ponderomotorischen Kräfte.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 26. Leipzig: Barth, 1908. (Faint vertical creasefold and a couple of other light creases throughout.) BRL 23; Weil 23. Provenance: Arnold Sommerfeld (pencil marginalia on p.541).
6. ‘Zum gegenwärtigen Stand des Strahlungsproblems.’ Offprint from: Physikalische Zeitschrift. 10. No. 6. Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1909. (Horizontal creasefold with associated splits and slight losses at ends, some tiny chips and nicks to extremities of wrappers, very small patch of abrasion on lower wrapper obscuring some words of the ads.) BRL 27; Weil 28. Provenance: Arnold Sommerfeld (pencil ownership inscription on upper wrapper, Einstein’s name inscribed in blue chinagraph and underlined with number in red chinagraph on upper wrapper). Provenance: Arnold Sommerfeld (pencil marginalia on p.541).
7. ‘Lichtgeschwindigkeit und Statik des Gravitationsfeldes.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 38. Leipzig: Barth, 1912. (Faint vertical creasefold, otherwise clean and fine.) BRL 43; Weil 47.
8. ‘Zur Theorie des statischen Gravitationsfeldes.’ Offprint from: Annalen der Physik. 4th Series, vol. 38. Leipzig: Barth, 1912. (Faint vertical creasefold, otherwise clean and fine.) BRL 44; Weil 48.
9. – and Marcel GROSSMANN (1878-1936). ‘Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. I. Physikalischer Teil … II. Mathematischer Teil.' Offprint from: Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik. Vol. 62. Leipzig and Berlin: B. G. Teubner, 1913. (Faint vertical creasefold just off-centre, extremities lightly rubbed.) BRI 50; Weil *58/58a. Provenance: Arnold Sommerfeld (pencil annotation on p.5).
10. – and Marcel GROSSMANN (1878-1936). ‘Physikalische Grundlagen einer Gravitationstheorie … Mathematische Begriffsbildungen zur Gravitationstheorie.’ Offprint from: Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich. Jahrgang LVIII. Zürich: Zürcher & Furrer, (Rear wrapper faintly creased at head.) 15 December 1913. BRL 53; Weil 57.
11. ‘Koverianzeigenschaften der Feldgleichungen der auf die verallgemeinerte Relativitaetstheorie gegründeten Gravitationstheorie.’ Offprint from: Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik. 63. Vols 1. and 2. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1914. (Faint insignificant creasing.) BRL 68; Weil 66. Provenance: Arnold Sommerfeld (Einstein’s name inscribed in red chinagraph with number on upper wrapper, and Einstein underlined in same on first page).
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