ISBN10: 019853907X, ISBN13: 9780198539070, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition
[Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1982]

New York Oxford University Press 1982 Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing Hardcover Very good in Good jacket xvi, 552, [8] pages. Frontis illustration. Footnotes. Appendices. Einstein Chronology. Name Index. Subject Index. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Abraham Pais (May 19, 1918-July 28, 2000) was a Dutch-born 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. When the Nazis began the forced relocation of Dutch Jews, he went into hiding, but was later arrested and saved only by the end of the war. He then served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark and was later a colleague of Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Pais wrote books documenting the lives of these two great physicists and the contributions they and others made to modern physics. He was a physics professor at Rockefeller University until his retirement. During World War II, Pais's doctoral dissertation had attracted the attention of Niels Bohr, who invited him to come to Denmark as his assistant. Pais was forced into hiding before he could leave the Netherlands. In 1946, following the war, Pais was able to accept that invitation and served as a personal assistant to Bohr at his country home in Tisvilde for a year. In 1947 he accepted a position at the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States and thus became a ...

Signed by the authorDedicated to Elias BursteinCoffee-stained edges Date: 1982. Oxford University Press ISBN 019853907X 9780198539070 [US]

Oxford University Press 1982-09-23 Hardcover New Size: 6x1x9; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

ISBN10: 019853907X, ISBN13: 9780198539070, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover First Edition Xvi, 552 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing Indicated. Near Fine, Faint Foxing To Fore Eedge Of Page Block. Dj Priced $25.00, Slight Rubbing And Foxing, Tiny Tear Near Top Of Front Flap Fold.
[Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1982]
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New York: Oxford University Press. Date: 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 019853907X . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.4 inches; 576 pages . 1982. Oxford University Press ISBN 019853907X 9780198539070 [US]

Oxford University Press, Date: 1982-09-23. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed. [Inscribed by author, the eminent physicist, Abraham Pais.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor wear to dj. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* Abraham Pais (1918-2000) was a Dutch-American physicist and historian of science. He then served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark and was later a colleague of Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. 1982. Oxford University Press ISBN 019853907X 9780198539070 [US]

ISBN10: 019853907X, ISBN13: 9780198539070, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover [Inscribed by author, the eminent physicist, Abraham Pais.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor wear to dj. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* Abraham Pais (1918-2000) was a Dutch-American physicist and historian of science. He then served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark and was later a colleague of Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
[Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1982]
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