The mechanics of the atom by Born, Max

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd.. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. First English edition. Translated by J. W. Fisher, revised by D. R. Hartree. Brick cloth shows shelf wear and light staining. No jacket. Bookplate of Sir Thomas Havelock to front pastedown. Gilt is bright and book tight and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Bell, 1927. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd 1927). Translated by J. W. Fisher and revised by D. R. Hartree. 8vo, XVI + 317 pages (+ 1 blank) + 2 pages of adds. Publisher's brick-red boards lettered in gilt to the spine. A neat former owner's name (David H. Parkinson) and date Nov. 1945 to the front paste-down together with a tiny bookseller's ticket. [David H. Parkinson, also a physicist, was the co-author of "The Generation of High Magnetic Fields". A VG++ copy (slightly dusty and mildly foxed to the top-edge; and with spine tips softened). Clean interior. In the RARE VG++ DUSTWRAPPER priced 18s net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is toned to the spine with shallow loss at the head (not affecting any lettering). First published in Germany in 1924 this English translation of Professor Max Born's pioneering work on quantum mechanics is a classical work by an atomic physics pioneer. The Mechanics of the Atom by… Read More