Modern Physics [Hardcover] Dull, Charles E. and Black/white Illus

Description

1929 printing with slightly different lettering and cover art, but still with dark green background. Hardcover has significant wear, discoloration, scuffs and marks throughout. No dust jacket. Spine has tears on the top and bottom. Binding is loose on the cover but holding firm on the pages. Pages are clean and largely unmarked aside from some small marks on some pages. Readable copy.

This well-worn 1929 edition of Charles E. Dull’s “Modern Physics” offers a fascinating glimpse into the rapidly evolving field of physics in the early 20th century. Published just a few decades after groundbreaking discoveries by pioneers like Marie Curie, Max Planck, and Albert Einstein, this textbook likely introduced many students to the then-new concepts of quantum mechanics, relativity, and atomic structure. Despite its age and wear, the book’s readable interior pages preserve Dull’s explanations of these revolutionary theories that reshaped our understanding of the universe. As a period artifact from the dawn of modern physics, this copy holds great interest for collectors of scientific literature and those studying the history of scientific thought. Its battered exterior hints at the academic journeys and deep engagement with cutting-edge ideas by the students and scholars who pored over its pages in the years following the quantum revolution.