Albert Einstein - The Evolution Of Physics - 1940

《物理学的演变》
作者：阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦 & 利奥波德·因费尔德

“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”.

这是爱因斯坦与利奥波德·因费尔德这部重要著作的精彩版本。书中以整页黑白插图、图表和示意图辅以说明。出版于伦敦科学图书俱乐部，约在二十世纪四十年代。出版商原始的浅棕色布面封皮，书脊上印有深棕色字样。

书本规格：尺寸 20 x 14 cm，页数为 319 页（含索引）。

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结实且装订牢固。外封略显褪色和有污迹，角部有轻微磨损。书内干净，状况良好，未见姓名或题字。所有页面洁净无标记，装订紧密。内圈铰链非常好。文字清晰，插图明亮（见图片）。

“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.