Einstein, Albert.

THEORETICAL BASIS FOR THE LASER: "Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung [On the Quantum Theory of Radiation]" (Physikalische Zeitschrift, Vol. 18, pp. 121-128).

Leipzigh, Germany: S. Hirzel, 1917. Hardcover. First Edition. xi, 604 pp. 4to. Black cloth binding with gold embossed titling to spine. Ex-library stamp on title page, the only indication of its former life in an institution. Very clean within. Very Good.
Albert Einstein's (1879-1955) derivation of Planck's law for thermal radiation. Einstein also introduces the possibility of stimulated emission of radiation, the principle behind the laser.
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