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EINSTEIN, Albert. Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie (Gemeinverständlich) [Sammlung Vieweg, part 38]. Braunschweig: Friedr[ich] Vieweg & Sohn, 1919. 8° (221 x 140mm). Three diagrams. (Last two leaves detached.) Original yellow printed wrappers (covers detached and worn at corners, spine worn). Provenance: presentation copy from Einstein's wife, Elsa, to an unidentified recipient (inscription on verso of title: 'Mit fruendl[ichen] Grüssen. , Quälen Sie sich nicht zu sehr! , Ihr Einstein')--partial frank marks on upper wrapper.
Fourth edition. After the appearance of Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie in Annalen der Physik in 1916, this closely-related paper, further refining Einstein's concept of special and general relativity, followed in 1917, in part 38 of the journal Sammlung Vieweg; its importance was such that it had gone through fourteen editions by the end of 1922. Weil 90.
Fourth edition. After the appearance of Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie in Annalen der Physik in 1916, this closely-related paper, further refining Einstein's concept of special and general relativity, followed in 1917, in part 38 of the journal Sammlung Vieweg; its importance was such that it had gone through fourteen editions by the end of 1922. Weil 90.
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