First offprint of Einstein’s application of Riemann’s »Elliptic Geometry«, 1928

Albert EINSTEIN: RIEMANN-GEOMETRIE MIT AUFRECHTERHALTUNG DES BEGRIFFES DES FERNPARALLELISMUS. [Riemannian Geometry with Preservation of the Concept of Distant Parallelism]. Sonderabdruck [Offprint] aus den Sitzungsberichten der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, physikalisch-mathematischen Klasse, XVII (1928). Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Georg Reimer [Reichsdruckerei]), 10th July 1928.

Imperial 8vo (25,4:18,2 cm). 7 [1] pages. Letterpress on machine paper, in original publisher’s brochure on salmon-coloured stock with black title printing.

First offprint in the original wrappers, of Einstein's application of the Elliptic geometry by German mathematician Bernhard Riemann.

Contents: "In this mathematical apparatus developed from Riemann's address, Einstein found the frame to fit his physicals ideas, his cosmology, and cosmogeny; and the spirit of Riemann's address, was just what physics needed: the metric structure determined by physical data." (cf. DSB XI, 447-456 (Riemann).

Condition: Fine.

Reference: Boni-Russ-L. 171; Schilpp-Shields 212; Weil 161 (differs in pagination, p. 217-221).