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The theory of relativity : two papers published in 1905

Title: The theory of relativity : two papers published in 1905 / by Albert Einstein ; with foreword, annotations, and afterword by Richard A. Muller.
Author: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Publication: San Francisco : Arion Press, 2005.

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78 p. : ill.; 28 cm.

Alternative Title

On the electrodynamics of moving bodies.
Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content?

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Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Modern.
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Egyptian.
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Lining Gothic.

Note

"The edition is limited to four hundred numbered copies for sale and twenty-six lettered copies hors de commerce"--Colophon.
Translation of "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper" and "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?", papers originally published in Annalen der Physik, v. 17 and 18, 1905, and reprinted in: Das Relativitätsprinzip : eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen / H.A. Lorentz, A. Einstein, H. Minkowski. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1913.
Translation by W. Perrett and G.B. Jeffrey, first published in: The principle of relativity : a collection of original memoirs on the special and general theory of relativity. London : Methuen, 1923. Translation of the 4th ed. (1922) of Das Relativitätsprinzip.
"This is the seventy-first publication of the Arion Press"--Colophon.
"Designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Peter Stoelzl, Kenneth Howard, Flannery Bateman, Sarah Lanham, Charles Martin, Laura Heyenga, and Diana Ketcham. The types are Modern for the main texts, Egyptian for the annotations, special characters for the mathematical symbols, Lining Gothic for display and section heads, and six-point ornaments (three sizes of squares and a dot) for the pixelated portrait frontispiece. The Monotype and foundry type were cast by M & H Type. The equations, portrait, and display sizes were handset. The printing was done by letterpress. The paper is Schiller, a German mouldmade sheet"--Colophon.

Binding (note)

Binding: Publisher's black cloth, with mounted ill. on strip running diagonally across covers and spine.

Contents

On the electrodynamics of moving bodies -- Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content?

Call Number

*KP (Arion) 05-259

OCLC

60652069

Author

Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

Title

The theory of relativity : two papers published in 1905 / by Albert Einstein ; with foreword, annotations, and afterword by Richard A. Muller.

Imprint

San Francisco : Arion Press, 2005.

Edition

Centennial ed.

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 129.

Binding

Binding: Publisher's black cloth, with mounted ill. on strip running diagonally across covers and spine.

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Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?. English. 2005.

Muller, R. (Richard)

Perrett, W.

Jeffrey, G. B. (George Barker), 1891-1957.

Hoyem, Andrew. Book designer

Reddan, Gerald. Printer

Riley, Blake. Printer

Mitchell, Lewis. Printer

Stoelzl, Peter. Printer

Howard, Kenneth. Printer

Bateman, Flannery. Printer

Lanham, Sarah. Printer

Martin, Charles. Printer

Heyenga, Laura. Printer

Ketcham, Diana. Printer

Arion Press. Printer

M & H Type (Firm)

Added Title

On the electrodynamics of moving bodies.

Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content?

Research Call Number

*KP (Arion) 05-259

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