Auction Date:2010 Nov 10 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, January 27, 1954. Letter to Dr. Oliver Ford in England. Einstein explains that while he has not written a book on physics, quantum theory, and reality, he has produced several shorter pieces, but has run out of off-prints. He therefore gives references for a few of his articles on the subject. In full: “I did not write a book on this subject, but did write numerous shorter reflections on it. Unfortunately, I no longer have any extra prints of these. In that connection, the following information should be helpful:
‘Physics & Reality’ Franklin Journal, Philadelphia, 1935 or ‘36
‘Einstein - Volume,’ edited by Prof. Paul A. Schilpp, Library of Living Philosophers, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. (1949)
An essay on Quantum Theory and Reality in ‘Dialectica’ (a Swiss Philosophical Periodical) in an issue probably of the late Forties. My contribution to the recently issued Max Born Commemorative Publication, Edinburgh.”
In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, two punch holes to left edge, light block of uniform toning over text and signature from previous display, small tear to top edge, and a couple of pieces of archival tape on the reverse showing through along the top edge.
Too busy explaining the world around him to record his thoughts in some massive tome, the brilliant physicist here notes some of his “shorter reflections” on physics, quantum theory, and reality. Among Einstein’s recommend reading list is the 44-page essay entitled “Physics and Reality” that he wrote after being awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal for his outstanding fundamental contributions to theoretical physics. He also recommends the aptly titled biography Einstein - Volume, which discusses his scientific views on the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. In the final work—the essay on Quantum Theory and Reality—he expressed his general dissatisfaction with quantum mechanics. A fascinating response in which Einstein offers reading alternatives to what surely would have been an authoritative scientific volume.
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