Abraham Pais
Abraham Pais · Science & Medicine
Physicist and historian of science; particle physics
1918, Amsterdam, Netherlands — 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark
Netherlands · United States · Denmark
Abraham Pais is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist and historian of science; particle physics
Pais was a particle physicist who introduced key ideas such as strangeness and associated production in the study of subatomic particles, and later became a celebrated historian of science, author of the definitive Einstein biography 'Subtle Is the Lord'. A Dutch Jew, he survived the Nazi occupation in hiding while many of his relatives were murdered, then built his career in the United States. His scientific identity was inseparable from his Jewish heritage.
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Physicist and historian of science; particle physics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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