RICHARDSON, Owen Williams. (1879-1959). The Electron Theory of Matter. Cambridge: University Press, 1914.

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RICHARDSON, Owen Williams. (1879-1959). The Electron Theory of Matter. Cambridge: University Press, 1914.

8o (215 x 138 mm). Original green cloth, spine and covers gilt lettered (light rubbing to joints and spine ends; hinges cracked). Provenance: Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961), awarded with the Nobel Prize in physics for 1946, (ownership inscription on half-title and pencil notes throughout).

FIRST EDITION, of Richardson's first book, "...based on lectures delivered to graduate students at Princeton... He received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1928 for his work in thermionics..." (Norman). Norman 1828.