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Lot Description

[PAIS, Abraham, his copies] -- 2 pamphlets from Abraham Pais’ library, comprising:

LORENTZ, Hendrik Antoon, Dr. (1853-1928). “Aethertheorieën en Aethermodellen (1901-1902).” Lessen over Theoretische Natuurkunde aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden Gegeven Door Dr. H.A. Lorentz. Hendrik Bremenkamp, editor. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1920. Volume III, 8vo (252 x 163 mm). Printer’s device on front cover, numerous illustrations. (Light browning, occasional spotting.) Original printed paper wrappers backed in paper (chipped, browning, defective spine). --“Het Relativiteitsbeginsel voor Eenparige Translaties (1910-1912).” Lessen over Theoretische Natuurkunde aan de Rijks-Universiteit te Leiden Gegeven Door Dr. H.A. Lorentz. Adiraan Daniël FOKKER (1887-1972), Editor. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1922. Volume VI, 8vo (248 x 163 mm). Printer’s device on front cover, numerous illustrations. (Light browning, occasional spotting.) Original printed paper wrappers (chipped, browning, defective spine).

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Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, Provenance for the lot: Abraham Pais (1918-2000) (bookplate laid-in); sold Jeff Weber Rare Books.

Just before the Nazi ban on Jews earning doctorates, Dutch-American Physicist Abraham Pais was awarded the last Ph.D. issued to a Dutch Jew on 9 June 1941 until after World War II concluded. He worked as an assistant to Niels Bohr (1885-1962) and was Albert Einstein’s colleague at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Pais was also a notable science historian, and published biographies on Einstein and Bohr, as well as 17 biographies of prominent physicists he knew personally in The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois

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