EINSTEIN, ALBERT.

Zum hundertjährigen Gedenktag von Lord Kelvins Geburt.

Berlin, Julius Springer, 1924. Royal8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In "Die Naturwissenschaften", 12. Jahrg, 1924. The whole year offered. "12" written in hand to spine, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Pp. 601-602. [Entire volume: XXV, (1), 1412, 60 pp.].

First printing of Einstein's paper on Lord Kelvin and his scientific work.
The occasion was the Centenary Year of Thomson's birth and Einstein wrote 'Zum hundertjährigen Gedenktag von Lord Kelvins Geburt (26. Juni 1824)'. In the mid-nineteenth century Thomson's ideas on thermodynamics established the base line for future generations of scientists. Likewise in 1905,
Einstein changed the world of physics forever with the publication of his radical new ideas on special relativity.

"We may learn from Einstein the philosopher, of his interest in the founding scientists of the nineteenth century such as Kelvin and Maxwell, of science being not only about instrumentation, mathematics and formulae but also about sharing in the aspirations and achievements of other scientists, past or present." (Trainer, Einstein's Centenary Tribute)

The volume contain several other papers by influential contemporary phycisians.

Weil 140.

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