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First Edition of Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter; Inscribed by Him to His Sister

FEYNMAN, Richard P.

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics, which James Gleick calls it "a model of science writing." Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his sister on the half-title page, "Dedicated to my dear sister, Joan. Richard P. Feynman." The recipient, Joan Feynman was Feynman's younger sister and grew to be a world-renowned astrophysicist in her own right. As children, Richard was Joan's first teacher and constantly advised her to challenge herself. Today, she is known for her work on the origin of auroras (i.e., the polar lights) as well as significant contributions to magnetospheric physics and the study of solar wind particles. In 1974, Joan Feynman became the first woman elected an officer of the American Geophysical Union and was recognized by NASA with an Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 2000. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Preface by Ralph Leighton. An exceptional association linking two brilliant titans of physics and astrophysics, most likely the finest extant.

Price: $35,000.00 Item Number: 140430

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First Edition of Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter; Signed by Him With An Original Drawing

FEYNMAN, Richard P.

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics, which James Gleick calls it "a model of science writing." Octavo, original cloth with violet titles to the spine, and no advertisement for Peierls's Bird of Passage to the jacket. Boldly signed by Richard Feynman with an original Feynman diagram on the half-title page. Feynman has signed this example, his signature graphic method of representing the interactions of elementary particles. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Preface by Ralph Leighton. Early printing with the spine lettered in violet (earlier than gilt), but with wove endpapers and the jacket omitting the advertisement for Peierls's Bird of passage (1985), to which Feynman had objected (points according to Princeton University Press records). A unique example.

Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 151354

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First Edition of Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter; Signed by Him

FEYNMAN, Richard P.

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985.

First edition of this work by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist regarding quantum electrodynamics. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the title page, "Richard P. Feynman." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Preface by Ralph Leighton. Rare and desirable signed.

Price: $15,000.00 Item Number: 96977

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