ISBN10: 0850660637, ISBN13: 9780850660630, [publisher: London: Taylor & Francis/ New York: Crane, Russak, 1976.] Hardcover First Edition First Edition in English of Vorgeschichte des Planckschen Strahlungsgesetzes (1st German ed., 1970). xviii, 282 pp; 35 figs. Original cloth, large 8vo. Corners of covers worn. An ex-library copy with the usual markings, else Very Good, without dust jacket. 'A comprehensive account of the intensive work between 1879 and 1900 on the energy distribution law, from Stefan's T4 law, through Wien's displacement law to Planck's formula and his explanation of it in terms of the quantum' (R.W. Home, The History of Classical Physics: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography, no. 960).
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Taylor and Francis 1976 1st Edition Hardcover Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 282 pp; First English edition. Book has no names, pages unmarked, covers slightly bumped at ends/corners. Dust jacket is unclipped (L 25.00), 1/2 inch closed tear at top of spine (repaired on back of DJ), light light wear at corners, creasing bordering on tiny tears at spine top, spine lightly sunned. A nice, clean, tight and attractive book. First English translation of Planck's ground breaking studies on Radiation, decay and the story of the development of the radiation equation step by step. Original published in 1970 in German.