[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 1920 Calcutta Edition of Einstein's PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY

[Charles Agvent]

EINSTEIN, Albert. THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY. Original Papers by A. 
Einstein and H. Minkowski translated into English by M. N. Saha and S. 
N. Bose. (Calcutta): University of Calcutta, 1920. First Edition. 
Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine; [vi], xxiii, 
[i], 39, [1], 186 pages. Weil 9b. Scarce First Edition of this 
translation of Weil 9 and 80 and Minkowski’s RAUM UND ZEIT. Contains 
translations of (1.) Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper (On the 
Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies), (2.) Die Grundlagen der allgemeinen 
Relativitatstheorie (The Foundation of the Generalised Theory of 
Relativity), the most important papers by Einstein, as well as (3.) Das 
Relativitatsprinzip by Minkowski. It also contains a comprehensive 
Historical Introduction by P. C. Mahalanobis, a short biographical note 
on Einstein by Saha, and explanatory notes by Mahalanobis and Saha, 
published here for the first time. Meghnad N. Saha (1893-1956) visited 
Berlin in 1919/20, where he was in close contact with Planck, Einstein, 
v. Laue, and Sommerfeld. Saha founded the institute of nuclear physics 
in Calcutta which is named in Saha's honor. Satyendra Nath Bose 
(1894-1974) was in his early years a lecturer in the physics department 
of the University of Calcutta. During this time Bose created the very 
important field of quantum statistics. He sent his paper to Einstein who 
translated it into German and submitted it on Bose's behalf to the 
prestigious ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PHYSIK. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis 
(1893-1972) worked in applied statistics. He is well known for the 
Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure. Mahalanobis founded the 
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) which grow out of the Statistical 
Laboratory in the Presidency College, Calcutta, set up also by 
Mahalanobis. Pencil signature of "Bynum" dated 1923 on front pastedown 
with scattered pencil notations and mathematical equations in the text; 
occasional spotting but generally clean. Bottom corners of cloth 
creased. Very Good. (#020363)        $3,500

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