Richard Feynman / The Character of Physical Law Signed 1st Edition 1967

Description: Rare Signed Feynman LecturesThe Character of Physical Law Author: Feynman, Richard Title: The Character of Physical Law Publication: Cambridge, MA: The M. I. T. Press, 1967. First US edition Edition: First US edition Description: Trade paperback. A very scarce signed first American printing of these lectures on gravitation, mathematics and physics, principles of conservation in nature, symmetry, past vs. future, and the quantum mechanical view of nature. These lectures were recorded by the BBC for broadcast in Great Britain, and the text of these talks were first published in the UK to accompany the TV show. This is the first US edition, issued only in paperback a couple of years later. Feynman remains the greatest teacher of physics and one of the world's most beloved scientists on the strength of his lectures and memoirs. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1965 for his work on quantum electrodynamics. Signed copies of this book are very scarce. Only one has sold at auction, a 1983 printing (published sixteen years after this first printing) sold by Sotheby's in 2019 for $5,250. At the time, the auctioneers wrote, "we have seen no other signed copies of this book come to market." Very good. First edition (first printing stating "First M. I. T. Press Paperback Edition, March 1967" on the copyright page, with no indications of later printings). A very good copy, with light spotting to the plain white wrappers. Lower corner of front cover creased; stray pen mark in the margin on p. 62, thus very good. This copy is inscribed, "To Ed Sanders, Dick Feynman" on the title page. Ed Saunders (with a u) was a supplier of equipment to Feynman's lab at Cal-Tech. This copy came from Ed Saunders II, to Half-Price Books, to a Portland bookscout, to me. Seller ID: 364737 Subject: Physics, SCIENCES Downtown Brown Books has been selling on eBay since 1998. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), the International Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and the Cascade Booksellers Association (CBA), and we adhere to their codes of ethics. Condition grading is done in compliance with IOBA's published standards. Terms All orders ship within one business day. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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