NIELS BOHR.  Niels Bohr (1885–1962) was a Danish physicist who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics for his theory of atomic structure.

VOLUME FROM THE LIBRARY OF NIELS BOHR, THE DANISH PHYSICIST WHO WAS AWARDED THE 1922 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS FOR HIS THEORY OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE

Landau, Marc.  Actinochimie: Les Prolegomenes, Les Postulats.  Paris: Hermann & Cie., 1936.  Softcover, 9” by 5.5”, 125 pages, and in overall fine condition.

WITH BOHR’S STAMPED SIGNATURE AND AN INSCRIPTION FROM THE AUTHOR TO BOHR

A volume from the library of Niels Bohr with his stamped facsimile signature and an inscription from the author to Bohr both on the front free endpaper: “N. Bohr” and “A N. Bohr, hommage de profunde admiration, M. Landau, 20.IX.36.”.  Mark Landau, who also wrote under the pseudonym Mark Aldanov, was a Russian writer and critic known for his historical novels. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature thirteen times.