FIRST EDITION of Becquerel's "definitive work", containing the full account of his investigations and discovery of radioactivity. PMM 393. Dibner 163. More
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FIRST EDITIONS of two critical papers in developing our understanding of the atom: 1) all three parts of Bohr’s landmark work marking the definitive break from using classical physics at the atomic level, often cited as the foundation of our modern understanding of the atom; 2) both parts of Moseley's... More
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FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH in original cloth of Hertz's collected papers on electromagnetic waves; the foundation for wireless communication. More
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FIRST PRINTING of Hertz's first three papers on electromagnetic waves; the foundation for wireless communication. More
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FIRST EDITION of Minkowski’s explanation of the fourth dimension, a critical bridge between Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity. PMM 401. More
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![Eine neue Art von Strahlen [About a new kind of rays]. Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen.](/pictures/thumb/1041.jpg?v=1478816512)
FIRST PRINTING, RARE OFFPRINT in original wrappers of Rontgen's announcement of the discovery of the X-ray. More
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![Ueber eine neue Art von Strahlen [About a new kind of rays], parts I & II. WITH: Weitere Beobachtungen uber die Eigenschaften der X-Strahlen [Further observations about the properties of X-rays]. Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen.](/pictures/thumb/495.jpg?v=1478816338)
First complete edition of Rontgen’s announcement of the discovery of the X-Ray. More
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First published edition of the official government publication offering the public the first account of the development of the atomic bomb. More
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![Le vite de’ piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori [The Lives of the Artists]. GIORGIO VASARI.](/pictures/thumb/1407.jpg?v=1478816773)
FIRST COMPLETE, FIRST ILLUSTRATED, AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER EDITION OF THE FIRST MODERN HISTORY OF ART. [The Second Edition overall.] An exceptional copy, very handsomely bound. More
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![De Architectura libri Dece [The Ten Books on Architecture]. MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO.](/pictures/thumb/1411.jpg?v=1478816778)
FIRST EDITION IN A MODERN LANGUAGE AND ONE OF THE FINEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. More
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