Leçons de mécanique céleste professées a la Sorbonne [Tome I, Tome II, Tome III] (Lessons of Celestial Mechanics)
by Poincare, Henri
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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A$11,486.25A$10,337.62
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About This Item
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1905. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus. 10"x6.5. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1905-1910. First Edition. 3 volumes in 4, vi, 365, [3]; [4], 165, [3]; [4], 136, [2], + 2 ad.; [4], 472. Illustrated with text figures and two folding world maps in Vol. III. 10x6½, original grey printed wrappers. First edition of a work fundamental to celestial mechanics. Poincaré was one of the greatest mathematical minds of the 19th century; his work on the "three-body problem" (the gravitational interplay of three masses) leads some to credit him as a co-discoverer of the special theory of relativity, along with Einstein and Lorentz. The present is one of two of Poincaré's major works on the subject. With the inkstamp of Paul Berg. Scarce, no copies appear in ABPC for the past 20 years. Some light wear and staining/darkening to spines, back wrapper of Vol. III chipped at edges, minor splitting at joints, but overall very good or better with clean pages partially unopened. One of those sets you just have to hold in your hands and stare at sometimes. L20n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000234
- Title
- Leçons de mécanique céleste professées a la Sorbonne [Tome I, Tome II, Tome III] (Lessons of Celestial Mechanics)
- Author
- Poincare, Henri
- Format/Binding
- Printed Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gauthier-Villars
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 10"x6.5
- Keywords
- Science, physics, Astronomy, Celestial mechanics, epistemology, Philosophy General, Physics, Relativity, General, History & Philosophy
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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