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EINSTEIN. Äther und Relativitätstheorie

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EINSTEIN, Albert. Äther und Relativitätstheorie. Rede gehalten am 5. Mai 1920 an der Reichs-Universität zu Leiden. Berlin, Sprenger, 1920.
Small 8vo, mm. 220x140; Editorial wrappers; pp. 15, [1]. Specimen belonged to Giuseppe Bolaffio.

IMPORTANT ORIGINAL EDITION In this lecture held at the University of Leiden Einstein talks about the problem of Ether, which had denied the existence in the first formulation of Relativity of 1905: here, referring to Minkowski studies and Mach explains why modern physics require a revised concept of the ether.

Boni 115. Cfr. Galina Granek, Einstein’s Ether: F. Why did Einstein Come Back to the Ether?, Apeiron, Vol. 8, No. 3, July 2001.

Nice copy.
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