Handsome reprint of this intellectual autobiography by the German atomic scientist and winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physics. NY: Harper & Row, 1971. Translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. Second printing, per number line on final leaf. Octavo (8.5 x 5.75 in.); xviii + 247pp.; grey cloth boards, white and yellow titles on spine and front panel, red topstain, in dust jacket.
Spine ends softened and faintly toned, former owner's name neatly inked on front free endpaper. Else near fine in a near fine, unclipped ("$7.95") jacket with light wear at head of spine and a diagonal crease to rear flap. Part of the "World Perspectives" series, edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen.