Secondary Radiations Produced

by X-Rays by Arthur Holly Compton

$3,500 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

First edition

“The Compton effect was seen as the first conclusive proof of the validity of Einstein's hypothesis. As such, it forced physicists to thoroughly reexamine the way in which they thought about the interaction of radiation and matter, and it became a milestone on the way to the creation of modern quantum mechanics in 1925-1926. -American National Biography FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS of Compton’s report providing the data and experimental evidence for the

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