Albert Einstein - The Evolution Of Physics - 1940

The Evolution Of Physics
By Albert Einstein & Leopold Infeld

“The book traces the development of ideas in physics, and has four chapters: The Rise of The Mechanical View; The Decline of the Mechanical View; Field, Relativity; and Quanta. The third chapter (Field, Relativity) examines lines of force starting with gravitational fields (i.e., a physical collection of forces), moving on to descriptions of electric and magnetic fields”.

Nice copy of this important work by Albert Einstein & Leopold Infeld. Illustrated with full-page black and white plates, charts and diagrams. Published by The Scientific Book Club, London, 1940s. Publishers’ original light brown cloth boards with dark brown lettering on the spine.

Book Dimensions: 20 x 14 cm and Number of Pages: 319 including index.

Condition
Firm and well bound copy. External covers are slightly faded and marked, and with light wear to corners. The book is clean inside, and in lovely condition, No names or inscriptions. Pages are clean and unmarked. All pages are tightly held at the gutter. Inner hinges are very good. The text is clean, and illustrations are bright (Please see pictures).

“Einstein agreed to write the book partly as a way to help Infeld financially. Infeld collaborated briefly in Cambridge with Max Born, before moving to Princeton, where he worked with Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study. Einstein tried to get Infeld a permanent position there, but failed. Infeld came up with a plan to write a history of physics with Einstein, which was sure to be successful, and split the royalties. When he went to Einstein to pitch the idea, Infeld became incredibly tongue-tied, but he was finally able to stammer out his proposal. “This is not at all a stupid idea,” Einstein said. "Not stupid at all. We shall do it."

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