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'''Abraham Pais''' (19 May 1918 - 28 July 2000) was a Dutch-American physicist and historian of science.<ref name=" | '''Abraham Pais''' (19 May 1918 - 28 July 2000) was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist and historian of science.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web |title=Abraham Pais |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Pais |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | ||
== Career and work == | |||
Pais trained as a physicist in the Netherlands and later worked in the United States, where he became closely associated with the postwar theoretical-physics community.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="bohr">{{Cite web |title=Abraham Pais papers |url=https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/collections/abraham-pais-papers |website=Niels Bohr Library & Archives |publisher=American Institute of Physics |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | |||
He became especially influential as a historian of modern physics. His books include ''Subtle is the Lord'', on Albert Einstein, ''Niels Bohr's Times'', and ''Inward Bound'', a history of matter and forces in twentieth-century physics.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="book">{{Cite book |title=Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World |author=Abraham Pais |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1986 |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/inward-bound-9780198519973}}</ref> | |||
In the QFT further-reading list, ''Inward Bound'' gives general readers historical background on the development of particle physics, quantum theory, and the field-theoretic view of forces.<ref name="book" /> | |||
== Selected works == | == Selected works == | ||
* ''Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein'' (1982). | |||
* ''Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World'' (1986). | * ''Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World'' (1986). | ||
* ''Niels Bohr's Times: In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity'' (1991). | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Pais Abraham Pais] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Pais Abraham Pais] | ||
* [https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/collections/abraham-pais-papers Abraham Pais papers] | |||
* [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/inward-bound-9780198519973 Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World] | |||
{{Author|Harold Foppele}} | {{Author|Harold Foppele}} | ||
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| Abraham Pais | |
| Born | 19 May 1918 |
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| Known for | Physics history; biographies of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr; Inward Bound |
Abraham Pais (19 May 1918 - 28 July 2000) was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist and historian of science.[1]
Career and work
Pais trained as a physicist in the Netherlands and later worked in the United States, where he became closely associated with the postwar theoretical-physics community.[1][2]
He became especially influential as a historian of modern physics. His books include Subtle is the Lord, on Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr's Times, and Inward Bound, a history of matter and forces in twentieth-century physics.[1][3]
In the QFT further-reading list, Inward Bound gives general readers historical background on the development of particle physics, quantum theory, and the field-theoretic view of forces.[3]
Selected works
- Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein (1982).
- Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World (1986).
- Niels Bohr's Times: In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity (1991).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Abraham Pais". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Pais.
- ↑ "Abraham Pais papers". American Institute of Physics. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/collections/abraham-pais-papers.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Abraham Pais (1986). Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World. Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/inward-bound-9780198519973.
External links
Author: Harold Foppele