The Meaning of Relativity

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1923. Very Good. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1923. First U.S. Edition. Octavo (18 cm); publisher's gilt-lettered navy cloth; 123pp. Boards bumped at corners, spine ends scuffed. Water staining to spine crown bleeding into upper cover, minor separation of head of spine material from book block. Last free endsheet creased. Endsheets toned. Endsheets, first few pages, last few pages, and pages 106-112 show water staining at top margin, but bulk of text block is clean and bright. Starting slightly after first free endsheet. A Very Good example overall.

Collection of four lectures delivered (truncated) by Einstein at Princeton for the Stafford Little Lectures in 1921. The majority of the lectures are an attempt to reconcile issues with his theory of relativity and defend it, as well as give a comprehensive overview of the physics and math involved in the theory in an accessible way. (Inventory #: 32639)