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A Tale of Two Continents: A Physicist's Life in a Turbulent World

A physicist who worked with Niels Bohr, Robert Oppenheimer, and Albert Einstein recounts his life, from his youth in Nazi-occupied Holland and his eventual imprisonment by the Gestapo, to his career as a scientist in the United States

By Abraham Pais

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Hardcover:

9780691630403 | Princeton Univ Pr, April 19, 2016, cover price $245.00

9780691012438 | Princeton Univ Pr, May 1, 1997, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: A physicist who worked with Niels Bohr, Robert Oppenheimer, and Albert Einstein recounts his life, from his youth in Nazi-occupied Holland and his eventual imprisonment by the Gestapo, to his career as a scientist in the United States

Paperback:

9780691600499 | Princeton Univ Pr, July 14, 2014, cover price $98.00

Original Scientific Papers / Wissenschaftliche Originalarbeiten

By Abraham Pais (contributor)

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Paperback:

9783642522413 | Bilingual edition (Springer Verlag, April 14, 2014), cover price $59.99

Raffiniert Ist Der Herrgott...: Albert Einstein. Eine Wissenschaftliche Biographie

By Abraham Pais

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Paperback:

9783322987419, titled "Raffiniert Ist Der Herrgott: Albert Einstein, Eine Wissenschaftliche Biographie" | Reprint edition (Vieweg + Teubner Verlag, July 10, 2012), cover price $59.99

9783827424372 | Spektrum Akademischer Verlag Gmbh, July 31, 2009, cover price $29.99

J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life

An illuminating portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer chronicles the story of one of the most charismatic and enigmatic figures of modern physics, from his precocious youth to his seminal role in developing the first atomic bomb, and beyond.

By Robert P. Crease and Abraham Pais

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Hardcover:

9780195166736 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 17, 2006, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: An illuminating portrait of J.

Paperback:

9780195327120 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, June 25, 2007, cover price $28.95

Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

Provides an intimate, personal portrait of the eminent physicist and traces the origins, development, and impact of his revolutionary scientific theories

By Abraham Pais

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Hardcover:

9780198539070 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 23, 1982, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Provides an intimate, personal portrait of the eminent physicist and traces the origins, development, and impact of his revolutionary scientific theories

Paperback:

9780192806727 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, November 3, 2005, cover price $31.95

9780195204384 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 10, 1983), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Provides an intimate, personal portrait of the eminent physicist and traces the origins, development, and impact of his revolutionary scientific theories

9780192851383 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 1, 1983), cover price $19.95 | also contains Green Ideas | About this edition: Provides an intimate, personal portrait of the eminent physicist and traces the origins, development, and impact of his revolutionary scientific theories

Paul Dirac: The Man and His Work

By Michael Francis Atiyah, Maurice Jacob, David I. Olive and Abraham Pais

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9780521019538 | Cambridge Univ Pr, September 8, 2005, cover price $44.99

Twentieth Century Physics

By Laurie M. Brown (editor), Abraham Pais (editor) and B. Pippard (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780750305235 | Inst of Physics Pub Inc, January 1, 2004, cover price $530.00

The Genius of Science: A Portrait Gallery

Biographical profiles of Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and other twentieth-century physicists feature observations and insights from a fellow scientist who knew the subjects personally.

By Abraham Pais

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Hardcover:

9780198506140 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 2000, cover price $66.00 | About this edition: Biographical profiles of Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, and other twentieth-century physicists feature observations and insights from a fellow scientist who knew the subjects personally.

Paul Dirac: The Man and His Work

Offers the addresses given at a Westminster Abbey ceremony honoring the British physicist, which discuss his life, his character and its effect on his work, and his discoveries in quantum theory, antimatter, and related fields (view table of contents)

By Michael Francis Atiyah, Peter Goddard (editor), Maurice Jacob, David I. Olive and Abraham Pais

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9780521583824 | Cambridge Univ Pr, February 1, 1998, cover price $54.99 | About this edition: Offers the addresses given at a Westminster Abbey ceremony honoring the British physicist, which discuss his life, his character and its effect on his work, and his discoveries in quantum theory, antimatter, and related fields

Twentieth Century Physics

By Laurie M. Brown (editor), Abraham Pais (editor) and Brian Pippard (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780750303101 | 2 edition (CRC Pr I Llc, December 1, 1995), cover price $868.00

Twentieth Century Physics

By Laurie M. Brown (editor), Abraham Pais (editor) and A. B. Pippard

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Hardcover:

9781563960499 | Amer Inst of Physics, November 1, 1995, cover price $25.01

Einstein Lived Here: Essays for the Layman

Einstein's friend and biographer examines his life as seen through the media, including two marriages, troubled children, and the long-awaited Nobel Prize, revealing the personal side of the man who asked, 'Why is it that nobody understands me and everybody likes me?'

By Abraham Pais

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Hardcover:

9780198539940 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Looks at Albert Einstein's life and work in physics

Niels Bohr's Times,: In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity

By Abraham Pais

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Hardcover:

9780198520498, titled "Niels Bohr's Times: In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity" | Oxford Univ Pr, October 3, 1991, cover price $35.00

Paperback:

9780198520481 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, December 1, 1993), cover price $19.95

Inward Bound: Of Matter And Forces in the Physical World

Details the history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of x-rays, exploring the circumstances, significance, and impact of discoveries and developments

By Abraham Pais

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Hardcover:

9780198519713 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 24, 1986, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Details the history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of x-rays, exploring the circumstances, significance, and impact of discoveries and developments

Paperback:

9780198519973 | Reprint edition (Clarendon Pr, September 29, 1988), cover price $62.00 | About this edition: Details the history of the physics of matter and of physical forces since the discovery of x-rays, exploring the circumstances, significance, and impact of discoveries and developments

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