Forces in Molecules
FIRST EDITION of Feynman’s undergraduate thesis at MIT, “a fundamental discovery” published in The Physical Review when he was just twenty-one. More about Forces in Molecules
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FIRST EDITION of Feynman’s undergraduate thesis at MIT, “a fundamental discovery” published in The Physical Review when he was just twenty-one. More about Forces in Molecules
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Feynman’s paper providing a rigorous justification and proof for his famous “Feynman diagrams” and “Feynman rules”. More about Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction
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EXTREMELY RARE OFFPRINTS OF FEYNMAN’S FINAL TWO PAPERS ON QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS, DESCRIBING THE MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR HIS PATH-INTEGRALS AND FEYNMAN DIAGRAMS. More about Mathematical Formulation of the Quantum Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction. WITH: An Operator...
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First edition, first printing, of Feynman's path integral formalism, his revolutionary approach to solving the fundamental equations of quantum mechanics and the basis for his later famous formulations of "Feynman rules" and "Feynman diagrams" More about Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
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HEISENBERG PROVIDES HIS RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF NIELS BOHR’S CONCEPT OF “COMPLEMENTARITY”. A UNIQUE ITEM, OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR THE LIGHT IT SHEDS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS AS SEEN BY THE PIONEERS IN THE FIELD. More about Typed Letter Signed [TLS]. WITH: Photogravure Signed
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Heisenberg's critically important paper marking the foundation of quantum mechanics; Heisenberg was awarded the 1932 Nobel prize in physics "for the creation of quantum mechanics." More about Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen [On the...
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Jordan and Klein’s introduction of the “second quantization”; one of the founding papers of quantum field theory. FROM THE LIBRARY OF NIELS BOHR, with his stamp on the front wrapper. More about Zum Mehrkörperproblem der Quantentheorie
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of the account of Millikan’s famous experiment, later known as the ‘oil-drop experiment’, in which he first provided the definitive proof that all electrical charges are exact multiples of a definite, fundamental value—the charge of the electron. More about A New Modification of the Cloud Method of Determining the Elementary Electrical Charge and the...
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FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Pauli's influential paper demonstrating the superiority and validity of the new quantum mechanics. More about Über das Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik [On the Hydrogen Spectrum...
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RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FULL EXPRESSION OF PLANCK’S QUANTUM THEORY; THE FOUNDING DOCUMENT THAT REVOLUTIONIZED MODERN PHYSICS. THE HORBLIT COPY. More about "Zur Theorie des Gesetzes der Energieverteilung im Normalspectrum" [On the Theory of...
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FIRST PRINTINGS: THE VERY RARE ORIGINAL OFFPRINT AND THE ORIGINAL ISSUES IN THE RARE WRAPPERS of Schrödinger’s consideration of quantum jumps and the future of physics. More about Are There Quantum Jumps?
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FIRST APPEARANCE IN ENGLISH IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF THE DISCOVERY ("THE ZEEMAN EFFECT") THAT EARNED ZEEMAN THE SECOND EVER NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS; WITH MICHELSON'S REPORT (IN OFFPRINT FORM) OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST OBSERVATIONS OF QUANTUM EFFECTS, "THE ANOMALOUS ZEEMAN EFFECT." More about On the Influence of Magnetism on the Nature of the Light Emitted by a Substance (Parts I and II...
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