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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). "Über die Entwickelung unserer Anschauungen über das Wesen und die Konstitution der Strahlung." In: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft . Jahrgang II, Nr. 20. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg, 1909. First edition in original wrappers. On the wave-duality of light and "one of the landmarks in the development of theoretical physics." "Einstein's report on the constitution of radiation at the physics meeting in Salzburg in 1909, where he appeared before a larger audience for the first time, can be considered as one of the landmarks in the development of theoretical physics" (Pauli, "Einstein's contribution to quantum theory," in Albert Einstein Philosopher-Scientist ,1949). There was a near contemporary printing of this paper in the Physikalische Zeitschrift , X, 817-825, but this one was issued with about a month's precedence. BRL 28. Octavo. Original tan printed wrappers (wrappers with some very slight darkening at edges and handling marks). Custom clamshell box.
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