Relativity: The Special and General Theory: A Popular Exposition by Albert Einstein.

EINSTEIN, Albert. Translated by Robert W. Lawson.

Item Number: 139595

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1961.

Later printing of British physicist Robert W. Lawson’s authorized translation of Einstein’s groundbreaking work. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Yousuf Karsh.

It can hardly be disputed that the theories put forth in this book are among the most important in the history of modern science. "The imprint of Einstein's work on the different areas of physical science is so large and varied," writes Gerald Holton in a recent assessment, "that a scientist who tries to trace it would be hard put to know where to start" (Simmons, The Scientific 100).