Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, A Popular Exposition.
EINSTEIN (Albert). & LAWSON (Robert W.), translator.

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, A Popular Exposition.

First edition in English. Frontispiece. 8vo. 8pp publisher’s catalogue at the rear. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black, border and title blocked in blind to upper cover. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1920.

£1,200.00

The first major presentation of the theory of special and general relativity in English, originally published in German in 1917. “The theory of relativity has transformed astrophysics, and indeed the whole scientific outlook” (PMM).

A very good copy, spine faded, with sticker remnants towards the bottom portion, and cloth lightly frayed at extremities. Text block leaning, lower portion of the front hinge cracked, offsetting to endpapers, and foxing to prelims. Lacks dust jacket.

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