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Paris: Presses Universitaires de France , 1960. Broché. Etat satisfaisant. in-8. 135 pp. Couverture insolée et salie.
Electron Theory. Report to the Solvay Conference for Physics at Brussels, Belgium, September 27 to October 2, 1948 by Oppenheimer, J. R - 1948
by Oppenheimer, J. R
Electron Theory. Report to the Solvay Conference for Physics at Brussels, Belgium, September 27 to October 2, 1948
by Oppenheimer, J. R
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[Brussels, 1948. 17 pp., duplicated typescript (rectos only), signed by the author in pencil upper right of first page. 1 vols. 4to. Old fold, short closed tear in margin of last page. Fine. 17 pp., duplicated typescript (rectos only), signed by the author in pencil upper right of first page. 1 vols. 4to. Signed. Oppenheimer's paper for the Solvay conference, a three part presentation on the history of electrodynamics, "the logical and procedural aspects of recent developments," and "remarks and questions on applications of these developments to nuclear problems and on the question of the closure of electrodynamics." After a distinguished career in business and in the U.S. Navy, Louis L. Strauss was closely involved in the Manhattan project. He was named one of the inaugural commissioners of the Atomic Energy Commission and served as chairman from 1953-1958. Later, famously, Strauss had the scientist investigated for disloyalty and Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked. Provenance: Lewis L. Strauss
- Bookseller James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Format/Binding 17 pp., duplicated typescript (rectos only), signed by the author in pencil upper right of first page. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition Used - Old fold, short closed tear in margin of last page. Fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Place of Publication [Brussels
- Date Published 1948
- Keywords Physics | Americana