French physicist (1852-1908) whose experiments with uranium salts led to the discovery of spontaneous radioactivity; for this breakthrough he shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie. Booklet entitled "Analyse succincte des travaux scientifiques de M. Edmond Becquerel," published in Paris in 1850 by Firmin Didot, 8.25 x 11.25, 32 pages, bound in soft wrappers, heavily annotated throughout in the hand of his son, Henri Becquerel. Henri's extensive annotations discuss his father's work, give details on the priority of certain discoveries, and discuss the value of his work in general. In very good to fine condition, with some creasing and soiling, heaviest to the covers, and some small tears and spine separations to wrappers.
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