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Abraham Pais (/ p eɪ s /; 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.
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School of Mathematics. From the New York Times, July 21, 2000: 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.
abraham pais was a theoretical physicist during the first part of his career and a science historian during the second. though born in amsterdam and a dutch speaker, he spent nearly all his career in the United states and was most comfortable in english. as a scientist he was a founder of theoretical particle physics and made seminal contribu-ti...
May 18, 2023 · 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...
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...
This prize 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 history of physics.
May 19, 2017 · Share. Abraham Pais. 19 May 2017. The Dutch-born scientist was a leading expert in both particle physics and physics history. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.6.6.20170519a. Born on 19 May 1918 in Amsterdam, Abraham “Bram” Pais excelled both as a particle physicist and a historian of science.
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