Abraham Pais

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Dutch-American person biographer physicist science historian

Abraham Pais was a Dutch-American physicist and renowned science historian best known for his influential biographies of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr and his contributions to particle physics.

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instanceOf Dutch-American person ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
science historian ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
surface form: National Book Award for Science (USA)
collaboratedWith Albert Einstein ⓘ
J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
Murray Gell-Mann ⓘ
Niels Bohr ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1918-05-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-07-28 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Léon Rosenfeld ⓘ
educatedAt University of Amsterdam ⓘ
Utrecht University ⓘ
employer Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
Rockefeller University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dutch Jews ⓘ
familyName Pais ⓘ
fieldOfWork history of science ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName Abraham Pais self-link ⓘ
genre history of physics ⓘ
scientific biography ⓘ
givenName Abraham ⓘ
knownFor biographies of Albert Einstein ⓘ
biographies of Niels Bohr ⓘ
contributions to particle physics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
movement 20th-century physics ⓘ
notableIdea Pais–Uhlenbeck oscillator ⓘ
notableWork Einstein Lived Here ⓘ
Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World ⓘ
Niels Bohr's Times: In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity ⓘ
Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Amsterdam ⓘ
surface form: Amsterdam, Netherlands
placeOfDeath Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Copenhagen, Denmark
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
survivedEvent Nazi occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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Hans Bethe → notableStudent → Abraham Pais ⓘ
Abraham Pais → fullName → Abraham Pais self-link ⓘ
John Clive Ward → hasAcademicAdvisor → Abraham Pais ⓘ