INVESTIGATIONS ON THE THEORY OF THE BROWNIAN MOVEMENT BY ALBERT EINSTEIN 1926
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[EINSTEIN, ALBERT]. Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement. London: Methuen & Co., 1926.
First British edition, first printing. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (195 x 120 x 20 mm.). Pp. viii, 124, (8 publisher's advertisements at end). English text. Publisher's original full cloth covers, gilt spine titles, gilt armorial crest to upper cover. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Publisher's device to title-page. Rear indexes in double columns. Edited with notes by R. Furth, and translated by A. D. Cowper. Condition: GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. The boards are very clean with the spine just a little dulled, the spine ends slightly rubbed. The interior is very clean with some previous owner details neatly inked to front endpaper. Without a dust jacket. Scarce.
Notes: First British edition, first printing (indicated by the gilt titling on the spine - the second printing with white titling). Statement on copyright page, noting "This Translation First Published in 1926." Einstein's papers on the Brownian movement were among his first great works on the foundations of molecular physics. Initially published in 1905 in the journal Annalen der Physik, Einstein's work on the theory of Brownian movement would provide the foundation for molecular physics. It was followed by a second paper in 1908, which suggested ways to test his theory. This work is the translation of Untersuchungen über die Theorie der 'Brownschen Bewegung,' published in Leipzig by Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft in 1922 (Weil 129). The theory of Brownian movement was tested by Jean Baptiste Perrin, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1926 for his experiments.