The theory of relativity
By: by Albert Einstein ; two papers published in 1905, On the electrodynamics of moving bodies, and, Does the inertia of a body depend on its energy-content? ; with foreword, annotations, and afterword by Richard A. Muller
Contributors: Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Muller, R. (Richard); Hoyem, Andrew, book designer; Arion Press; Büttenpapierfabrik Hahnemühle; M & H Type (Firm)
Edition: Centennial ed.
Publisher: Arion Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
Subjects: Relativity (Physics); Electrodynamics; Mass (Physics)
Work titles: Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper
Notes: "This is the seventy-first publication of the Arion Press. The book was designed and produced by Andrew Hoyem with the assistance of Gerald Reddan, Blake Riley, Lewis Mitchell, Peter Stoelzl, Kenneth Howard, Flannery Bateman, Sarah Lanham, Charles Martin, Laura Heyenga, and Diana Ketcham. The types are Modern for the main texts, Egyptian for the annotations, special characters for the mathematical symbols, Lining Gothic for display and section heads, and six-point ornaments (three sizes of squares and a dot) for the pixelated portrait frontispiece. The Monotype and foundry type were cast by M & H Type. The equations, portrait, and display sizes were handset. The printing was done by letterpress. The paper is Schiller, a German mouldmade sheet. The edition is limited to four hundred numbered copies for sale and twenty-six lettered copies hors de commerce."--Colophon.

Rare Book copy: No. 228.

Frontispiece portrait of Einstein made up from hand-set six-point type.

Rare Book copy: Prospectus laid in.

English translation from the German, the German text having originally been published in Annalen der Physik, v. 17 and 18 respectively, in 1905.