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Abraham Pais ( / peɪs /; May 19, 1918 – July 28, 2000) was a Dutch - American physicist and science historian. Pais earned his Ph.D. from University of Utrecht just prior to a Nazi ban on Jewish participation in Dutch universities during World War II.
Dr. Abraham Pais [was] a physicist who helped build the conceptual foundations of the modern theory of elementary particles, then became a science historian and wrote one of the most acclaimed of all biographies of Einstein.
Jul 31, 2000 · Dr. Abraham Pais, a physicist who helped build the conceptual foundations of the modern theory of elementary particles, then became a science historian and wrote one of the most acclaimed of all...
Aug 4, 2000 · Abraham Pais dies. 04 Aug 2000. Abraham Pais, the reknowned theoretical physicist and scientific historian, has died at the age of 81. Pais worked with Einstein, Oppenheimer, Dirac and Feynman among many others.
May 19, 2017 · Born on 19 May 1918 in Amsterdam, Abraham “Bram” Pais excelled both as a particle physicist and a historian of science. He earned bachelor’s degrees in physics and mathematics at the University of Amsterdam in 1938.
The Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics recognizes outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics. The prize is given annually and will consist of $10,000 and a certificate citing the contributions of the recipient, plus an allowance for travel to an APS meeting to receive the award and deliver an invited lecture on the ...
Aug 25, 2005 · Subtle is the Lord is widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein. The late Abraham Pais was a distinguished physicist turned historian who knew Einstein both professionally and personally in the last years of his life.
Professor Emeritus, Dr. Abraham Pais, died Friday evening in Copenhagen. A theoretical physicist of international renown, Dr. Pais became a member of the faculty in 1963, when the university was still known as The Rockefeller Institute.
May 1, 2001 · Abraham “Bram” Pais had two remarkable careers. As a particle physicist, he was a leader in the tumultuous quarter century after World War II. As a chronicler of physics and biographer of physicists, he has left a rich legacy of firsthand information and insight for the readers of today and the science historians of the future.
May 18, 2023 · Abraham Pais, a Dutch-American Jewish theoretical physicist and would-be historian of science, was born May 19, 1918. He studied physics in the Netherlands, his final years of study at Utrecht made more difficult by the German invasion of Holland and Belgium.
