Tale of Two Continents - A Physicist`s Life in a Turbulent World
Abraham Pais
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Hardback. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 33000.
"People like myself, who truly feel at home in several countries, are not strictly at home anywhere," writes Abraham Pais, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists, near the beginning of this engrossing chronicle of his life on two continents. The author of an immensely popular biography of Einstein, Subtle Is the Lord, Pais writes engagingly for a general audience. His "tale" describes his period of hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland (he ended the war in a Gestapo prison) and his life in America, particularly at the newly organized Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, then directed by the brilliant and ... Read more
"People like myself, who truly feel at home in several countries, are not strictly at home anywhere," writes Abraham Pais, one of the world's leading theoretical physicists, near the beginning of this engrossing chronicle of his life on two continents. The author of an immensely popular biography of Einstein, Subtle Is the Lord, Pais writes engagingly for a general audience. His "tale" describes his period of hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland (he ended the war in a Gestapo prison) and his life in America, particularly at the newly organized Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, then directed by the brilliant and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
English
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691630403
SKU
V9780691630403
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Reviews for Tale of Two Continents - A Physicist`s Life in a Turbulent World
"The author of a highly regarded biography of Albert Einstein sums up his own life... chronicle[s] his passage through momentous times, describing his experiences as a privileged onlooker... Authoritative and valuable historically."
Kirkus Review "Mr. Pais was not just an internationally acclaimed physicist; he was also a Jewish survivor of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands... [He] includes some lively and ... Read more
Kirkus Review "Mr. Pais was not just an internationally acclaimed physicist; he was also a Jewish survivor of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands... [He] includes some lively and ... Read more