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History of Science & Technology, Including the Nobel Prize and Papers of Richard P. Feynman

30 November 2018 | 10:00 AM EST | New York

SALE TOTAL

4,922,625USD
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  • 67
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    1965 Nobel Prize Medal in Physics, awarded to Richard Phillips Feynman for his fundamental work in Quantum Electrodynamics
    LOT SOLD.975,000USD
  • 74
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    "Two objectives. (1) To point out the peculiar point. (2) To formulate a Me in a definite number of assumptions (Non-relativistic Schröd)," ca 1946-51.
    LOT SOLD.399,000USD
  • 82
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    "Plenty of Room at Bottom," ca, 1959.
    LOT SOLD.387,000USD
  • 75
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    "Classical theory — self energy difficulties. Quantum theory — still in trouble...", ca 1948-49.
    LOT SOLD.287,500USD
  • 77
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPTS TREATING SOLID STATE PHYSICS — SPANNING THE LENGTH OF FEYNMAN'S CAREER, CA 1948-1985
    LOT SOLD.200,000USD
  • 81
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    "Work out Tr e-∫a*i ...", ca 1959. 
    LOT SOLD.162,500USD
  • 70
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    "Inside the Atom", drafts for two or possibly three different talks on the engineering problems of the atom bomb, ca 1944-1945.
    LOT SOLD.156,250USD
  • 21
    ARMILLARY SPHERE BY CASPAR VOPEL, COLOGNE, 1549
    Signed "CASPAR VOPELI MATHEMA PROF COLONIAE AGRIPPINAE SPHAERAM HANC FACIEBAT 1549."  
    LOT SOLD.125,000USD
  • 99
    FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
    "Computing Machines of the Future," ca 1985.
    LOT SOLD.125,000USD
  • 26
    MAGNIFICENT 18TH-CENTURY PLANETARIUM BY JOHN HANDSFORD, BRISTOL, CA 1780
    SIGNED ON THE ENGRAVED SILVERED DRUM PLATE "MADE FOR RICH.D ALDRIDGE, ESQ. BY JOHN HANDSFORD, BRISTOL."
    LOT SOLD.112,500USD
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Sale Number: N09886 Lots : 108

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Art and Science Harmonize to Shed New Light on Brain Activity

The Nobel Prize and Papers of Beloved Physicist Richard Feynman Come to Auction

Sotheby’s is thrilled to announce that in the year of the centenary of his birth, the Nobel Prize, papers and personal research library of the brilliant, inspiring, and much-beloved theoretical physicist Richard P. Feynman will headline our second annual History of Science & Technology auction this November 30th in New York. The group is led by the Nobel Prize – including its associated presentation materials – that Feynman shared in 1965 with Julian Schwinger and Shin’ichiro Tomonaga “for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics.” The offering also features a remarkable and enlightening collection of manuscripts spanning the full length of Feynman’s career –from his early days at Los Alamos and Cornell though his final days at Caltech, and includes topics such as the atom bomb, QED, Nanotechnology, Computing, and much more. It is the only known collection of manuscripts by Feynman to exist outside of the archive at Caltech, where Feynman taught for nearly 4 decades.

The History of Science & Technology sale will also include books & manuscripts, scientific & technological instruments, original artwork, and other artifacts spanning from the 16th–21st centuries in categories ranging from physics, mathematics, and cryptography, to medicine, biology, computing, and astronomy. Included is a single owner collection of magnificent 15th-19th century books & scientific instruments including early astronomical treatises and celestial atlases, many hand-colored, and spectacular planetary models, including armillary spheres, orreries, telluriums, and more. The breathtaking work of Neuroscientist-turned artist Dr. Gregg Dunn and paper sculptor Rogan Brown will also be included, in what will be an auction debut for both of these highly talented and totally original artists.

Art and Science Harmonize to Shed New Light on Brain Activity

The Nobel Prize and Papers of Beloved Physicist Richard Feynman Come to Auction

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+1 212 606 7385
Lucy.Finn@sothebys.com
   
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