History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

History of Science & Technology, Including the Life and Letters of Richard P. Feynman, and Space Exploration

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Property from the Family of Dr. Joan Feynman

[Feynman, Richard]; Ruark, Arthur Edward and Harold Clayton Urey

Feynman's Undergraduate Copy of Ruark & Urey's "Atoms, Molecules, and Quanta"

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[FEYNMAN, RICHARD]; RUARK, ARTHUR EDWARD and HAROLD CLAYTON UREY

Atoms, Molecules, and Quanta. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1930.


Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 in.). 789 pp. Green publisher's cloth; worn, with sunning and ink stain on front cover. Presentation inscription in German to Feynman reading " Weihnachten 1936 / son Deinem Freund/ Horst," (Christmas 1936, from your friend Horst).


FIRST EDITION, FEYNMAN'S PERSONAL COPY, WITH HIS HAND-MADE BOOKPLATE (presumably done by Arline Greenbaum, Feynman's first wife), AND SEVERAL MARGINAL NOTATIONS TO TEXT IN FEYNMAN'S HAND.

FEYNMAN'S PERSONAL COPY OF A FOUNDATIONAL TEXT, RUARK & UREY'S "ATOMS, MOLECULES, AND QUANTA"


In a transcribed interview with Charles Weiner at the American Institute of Physics, Feynman mentioned that attending a lecture by Harold Clayton Urey in Brooklyn was his "first contact with a real scientist" when he was in high school. This touchpoint referenced in Feynman's life makes this gift even more touching.


LITERATURE:

Weiner, Charles. "Richard Feynman - Session II." American Institute of Physics. 5 March, 1966.