Property from the Family of Dr. Joan Feynman
Feynman, Richard P.
Dr. Joan Feynman's Copy of Her Brother, Richard Feynman's Doctoral Dissertation
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December 13, 08:40 PM GMT
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800 - 1,200 USD
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FEYNMAN, RICHARD P.
The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1965.
Octavo (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.) [iii], 74, [1]. mimeograph leaves, plus 1/2 title and one fold-out prelim leaf. Original paper wrappers, title label to upper wrapper; some age-toning to edges, u🌸pper wrapper with some marginal doodles in black ink, pencil notation to last leaf of text.
DR. JOAN FEYNMAN'S COPY O🔥F HER BROTHER RICHARD FEYNMAN'S DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Richard Feynman defended his doctoral dissertation at Princeton in 1942. Feynman would go on to be awarded the 1965 Nobel prize for Physics for his work in Quantum Electrodynamics, a topic he first touched upon in his doctoral dissertation. Dr. Joan Feynman presumably requested this copy, which was printed in 1965, after learning of her brother having been awarded the Nobel. (See related lot 35, being a first edition of Feynman's work QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, signed and inscribed by him to his sister Joan).
