Abraham Pais
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 25 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 19,1918 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Amsterdam |
| Netherlands | |
| Date of died | July 28,2000 |
| Died | Copenhagen |
| Denmark | |
| Spouse | Ida Nicolaisen |
| Children | Josh Pais |
| Parents | Isaiah Pais |
| Kaatje van Kleeff | |
| Awards | National Book Award for Science (Hardcover) |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
| Siblings | Annie Pais |
| Nationality | American |
| Danish | |
| Dutch | |
| Books | "Subtle is the Lord...": The Science and Life of Albert Einstein |
| Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World | |
| Niels Bohr's times | |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life | |
| Grandchildren | Zane Pais |
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| ID | 705285 |
Abraham Pais Life story
Abraham Pais 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.