Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist.

EINSTEIN, Albert.

Item Number: 4649

Evanston: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949.

Signed limited first edition, number 217 of 760 copies signed and dated, “Albert Einstein ‘49.” Octavo, original brown cloth, top edge gilt, frontispiece of Einstein, original slipcase. The book is in fine condition, the slipcase is in very good condition shows some rubbing. Edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

Written by the man considered the "Person of the Century" by Time magazine, this is not a glimpse into Einstein's personal life, but an extension and elaboration into his thinking on science. Two of the great theories of the physical world were created in the early 20th century: the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Einstein created the theory of relativity and was also one of the founders of quantum theory. Here, Einstein describes the failure of classical mechanics and the rise of the electromagnetic field, the theory of relativity, and of the quanta. "The greatest physicist of the 20th century" (PMM 408).