Pauli, Wolfgang. The Theory of the Positron and Related Topics (Report of a Seminar), by Professor Wolfgang Pauli, (Notes by Dr. Banesh Hoffmann. Princeton University, 1936/7. 1st edition. 172 +11 leaves 4to. Original printed wrappers with cloth-back spine. Fine condition. This is a seldom-to-the-market publication coming from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, printed via mimeograph (I believe), and done so on one side of the sheet only. This is the result of Pauli's lectures given at the IAS during his first stay there (1935-1936; he would return for 1940-1945) following the Anderson discovery in 1933 of the positron (and for which he would be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1936). The OCLC/WorldCat locates 26 copies of this work in libraries worldwide; I'm hard-pressed to remember though when last I saw a copy actually for sale in the marketplace. In addition to this title there are only three other books and three theses published on the positron from 1934-1940 (this obviously does not include journal articles, just stand-alone books).
This copy was a gift to the Library of Congress from the IAS at Princeton (so stated in manuscript pencil remarks on the back of the title page); the LC surplus/duplicate rubber stamp is half-faded away on the middle of the rear cover of the publication.
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