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The Origin of Chemical Elements. WITH: Expanding Universe and the Origin of Elements. WITH: Thermonuclear reactions in the expanding universe. WITH: Neutron-capture theory of the formation and relative abundance of the elements. WITH: On the relative abundance of the elements.

ALPHER, RALPH; BETHE, HANS; GAMOW, GEORGE; ET AL.

FIRST PRINTINGS OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PAPERS ON THE BIG BANG AND THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE. Including a fine copy of the famous “Alpha-Beta-Gamma” paper. More about The Origin of Chemical Elements. WITH: Expanding Universe and the Origin of Elements. WITH:...

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EINSTEIN, ALBERT; DE SITTER, WILLEM.

FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of the introduction of the Einstein-de Sitter cosmological model, the foundation for relativistic cosmology for most of the twentieth century. More about On the relation between the expansion and the mean density of the universe

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EINSTEIN, ALBERT; GROSSMANN, MARCEL.

FIRST EDITION, COMMERCIAL OFFPRINT ISSUE, of Einstein’s breakthrough work on general relativity: the famous “Entwurf” paper. More about Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. [Outline...

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GAMOW, GEORGE; TELLER, EDWARD.

RARE FIRST EDITION OFFPRINTS of Gamow and Teller’s early papers on cosmology, including “a kind of blueprint” for Gamow’s later theory of the Big Bang. More about On the Origin of Great Nebulae. WITH: Energy Production in Red Giants

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Jansky, Karl.

FIRST EDITIONS IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Karl Jansky's ground-breaking papers announcing the discovery of radio astronomy, a new science that has become one of the essential methods for making modern astronomical observations. More about Directional Studies of Atmospherics at High Frequencies; Electrical Disturbances Apparently of...

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WINTHROP, JOHN.

VERY RARE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST PUBLICLY FUNDED AMERICAN SCIENCE EXPEDITION: JOHN WINTHROP’S VOYAGE TO NEWFOUNDLAND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO TIME THE 1761 TRANSIT OF VENUS AND THUS DETERMINE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN. WITH THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF HIS SUBSEQUENT..... More about Relation of a Voyage from Boston to Newfoundland, for the Observation of the Transit of Venus,...

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