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Physics. Einstein (Albert, Ph.D.) & Lawson (Robert W., D.Sc., translator), Relativity: The Special & The General Theory: A Popular Exposition, first English edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920, half-title, frontispiece, in-text diagrams and equations, 8pp. publisher's catalogue verso, typical very light spotting to head of first few leaves and browning to endpapers, original publisher's red cloth, spine somewhat faded, corners slightly bumped, 8vo, [cf. PMM 408] Provenance: A. Fineberg ; ffep with contemporary ownership inscription. 'The theory of relativity has transformed astrophysics, and indeed the whole scientific outlook' (PMM). The first English edition of one of the most influential scientific works of the 20th century. First published in Germany in 1916, this translation is of the third German edition of 1918 but contains an additional section: Appendix III 'The Experimental Confirmation of the General Theory of Relativity'.
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