A tale of two continents : a physicist's life in a turbulent world
Pais, Abraham, 1918-20001999
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Pais describes his period of hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland and his life in America, particularly at the newly organised Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He includes anecdotes about Oppenheimer, Einstein, Bohr and von Neumann.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Collation:
xvi, 511p., [24]p. of plates : ill., facsim., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1997.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780198505433 (pbk)
Dewey class:
509.2920
Local class:
BIO PAIS
Language:
English
BRN:
1025765