HEISENBERG, Werner (1901-1976) and PAULI, Wolfgang (1900-1958). "Zur Quantentheorie Wellenfelder (I and II)." In: Zeitschrift fur Physik, vol. 56 pp. 1-61, vol. 59 pp. 168-190. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1929-1930.

Together, 2 articles in 2 journals, 8vo. Contemporary blue buckram (light rubbing); slipcase. Provenance: Mount Wilson Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington (blindstamps on flyleaves).

A LANDMARK WORK IN THE FIELD OF QUANTUM THEORY AND THE ONLY PUBLISHED COLLABORATION BETWEEN NOBEL LAUREATES WERNER HEISENBERG AND WOLFGANG PAULI.

FIRST EDITION, journal issue. The partnership between Werner Heisenberg and Wolfgang Pauli began after Heisenberg wrote to Pauli in 1927 outlining his "uncertainty principle" stating that there is a fundamental limit to the accuracy with which two properties can be accurately measured at the same time. In early 1929 the two submitted the first of two papers which would ultimately lay the groundwork for relativistic quantum field theory (Mott & Peierls, 1977). Heisenberg would win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1932, while Pauli would win the same award in 1945.