CURIE, Oeuvres de Pierre Curie, 1908
CURIE, Pierre || CURIE, Marie.
Oeuvres de Pierre Curie. Publiées par les Soins de la Societe Francaise de Physique.
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1908.
8vo (250x152 mm), portraict and xxii-621-(1) pages and 2 plates. binding : Contemporary quarter sheep, flat spine. Original printed wrappers have been bound in. Spine slightly faded, tiny scratches on leather.
First edition.
First edition of the works of Pierre Curie. His wife Marie Curie signs the preface here.
references: Heirs of Hippocrates [2223 : "The tragic death of Pierre Curie at the age of forty-seven put an end to what was certainly one of the most famous scientific collaborations in history. Despite his abbreviated career and the fact that his work was sometimes overshadowed by that of his gifted wife, Pierre Curie must be credited with a remarkable amount of original work of extreme importance in the understanding of radioactivity and atomic structure. He shared the 1903 Nobel prize in physics with his wife and Henri Becquerel. This volume of collected writings includes works on magnetism, crystal symmetry, pyroelectric phenomena, and an account of the discovery of radium. The laudatory introduction by Marie Curie gives some interesting bits of family history."].
provenance: Stamp from Societe Francaise de Physique on half-title.
Price : 250 €
