Hawking’s copies (one signed with initials) of two texts on Quantum Field Theory,

Продан
£ 4 000
Дата аукциона Classic
16.07.2020 06:00 UTC +00:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Место проведения
Великобритания, London
Архив
Аукцион завершен. Ставки на лот больше не принимаются.
Archive
ID 370022
Лот 33 | Hawking’s copies (one signed with initials) of two texts on Quantum Field Theory,
James Daniel Bjorken (b. 1934) and Sidney David Drell (1926-2016)

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. New York: 1964. [With:] Relativistic Quantum Fields. New York: 1965.

First editions of the two classic textbooks on Quantum Field Theory, Relativistic Quantum Fields initialled by Stephen Hawking in his hand, and Relativistic Quantum Mechanics with Hawking’s ownership inscription in a secretarial hand. Today, Bjorken and Drell’s Mechanics is still considered essential reading on the subject, and while Fields has dated, it is still highly regarded.

2 volumes, octavo (226 x 152mm). Half-titles (both vols internally in fine condition). Publisher’s cloth (tiny nick to spine of Mechanics, otherwise both in near fine condition with only minimal rubbing to extremities); Fields with dustjacket (torn and chipped at tail and head of spine, this latter leading to loss of a few letters of title on upper cover, some light soiling to lower cover). Provenance: Stephen Hawking (autograph initials on front free endpaper of Fields; secretarial ownership inscription on front free endpaper of Mechanics) – the estate of Professor Stephen Hawking.


Адрес торгов CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
Великобритания
Предосмотр
24.06.2020 – 16.07.2020
Телефон +44 (0)20 7839 9060
E-mail
Комиссия see on Website
Условия использования Условия использования

Связанные термины