Physics Beyond Encounters Conversations Translated by Heisenberg Werner (2 results)

Hardcover. Fore-edge and endpapers slightly foxed; otherwise very good condition in slightly worn dust jacket. ]. 247p. (World Perspectives, vol. 42).

xviii, 247 pp. Original cloth. Very Good, in very torn dust jacket. Second printing of English translation of Der Teil und das Ganze. The number line is on a rear flyleaf: 71 72 73 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. "Heisenberg's memoirs, written largely as a series of dialogues" (D.S.B. 17: 402). COPY OF NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE WALD, with his signature on the front flyleaf, and his ink underlining and a ink notes in the text (on pp. 77, 81, 101-02, 105, 109, 111, 113, 122, 137, 213, 239-40). INSCRIBED BY RUTH NANDA ANSHEN: "To/ Ruth and George/ with all warm thoughts/ Ruth/ October - 1971." The first Ruth is George Wald's wife Ruth Hubbard. The second Ruth is Ruth Nanda Anshen, who planned and edited the World Perspectives series of volumes, of which this is volume forty-two.