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.
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. Very Good. More