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Re: Einstein Lied Again

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Clutterfreak wrote:
> 
> On 12/2/2021 2:32 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > Clutterfreak wrote:
> >>
> >> On 12/2/2021 1:40 PM, Clutterfreak wrote:
> >>> On 12/2/2021 12:23 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> >>>> if you're looking for 'hard to find' books try:
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.abebooks.com/
> >>>>
> >>>> used bookstores from all over the world sell their used and rare books
> >>>> there.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Your first step is to know  the title of the book...
> >>>> advance search you can use keywords instead.
> >>>>
> >>>> people sell books for $500.00, but you can find the same book for $2.50.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This works for relatively newer books. The exercise book I was after
> >>> came out in 1930s. These copies got lost long before newer internet
> >>> related facilities became available. Germany was bombed extensively in
> >>> WWII. I suspect last copy was destroyed that way.
> >>>
> >>
> >> And of course I didn't have the title of it. I only have a Persian
> >> translation of it made in 1930s. The book does not have _one_ Latin
> >> alphabet in it, so I only have the transliteration of Author's name,
> >> thus cannot be sure the spelling is correct or not. Same with Title. I
> >> only have a title in Persian, which doesn't even have to be the direct
> >> translation of the title in original German. The only part of the book
> >> that came directly from original are the drawings! So I am waiting until
> >> searching by image get powerful enough to find the original by image
> >> searching. At this time image searching is still in its infancy. Very
> >> weak and leading to nothing, especially when source is so old.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure the author family members have a copy of the book....
> > you can go to their house and steal it. Or  you can scan the whole book
> > like google does.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> I'm afraid their house together with everything in it got bombed to
> rubble 77 years ago. Perhaps the publisher was also bombed into
> oblivion. Things disappear through time very efficiently, even without
> wars :)
> 
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Let me see what the drawings look like.

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 to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
and challenge
 the unchallengeable.

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Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-01 15:06 -0800
  Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-01 17:37 -0600
    Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-01 21:44 -0800
      Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-02 08:36 -0600
        Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-02 10:15 -0800
          Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-02 13:32 -0600
        Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-02 10:23 -0800
          Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-02 13:40 -0600
            Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-02 13:47 -0600
              Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-02 12:32 -0800
                Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-02 17:39 -0600
                Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-02 20:55 -0800
                Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-03 09:12 -0600
                Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-03 09:33 -0800
                Re: Einstein Lied Again Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-03 19:18 -0600
                Hanson was a Middle East mercenary, right ? Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2021-12-03 10:24 -0800
                Re: Hanson was a Middle East mercenary, right ? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-03 10:36 -0800
                Re: Hanson was a Middle East mercenary, right ? Clutterfreak <clutterfreakincarnate@gmail.com> - 2021-12-03 19:32 -0600
  Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-02 10:30 -0800
  Re: Einstein Lied Again The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2021-12-14 23:58 -0800

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