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FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of one of Einstein's most important papers: his landmark work of November 18, 1915, containing the development and confirmation of crucial elements of his general theory of relativity. More about Erklärung der Perihelbewegung des Merkur aus der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie
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THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF EINSTEIN’S GENERAL RELATIVITY TO THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. The groundbreaking first edition (1918), with the second edition (1920), containing the account of Eddington’s 1919 expedition proving Einstein’s theory, both in original wrappers. More about Report on the Relativity Theory of Gravitation
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of one of the major milestones of modern science: the introduction of Dirac’s wave equation uniting quantum mechanics and special relativity. More about The Quantum Theory of the Electron
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