A Tale of Two Continents
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He was presented with an unusual deadline for his graduate work: a German decree that July 14, 1941, would be the final date on which Dutch Jews could be granted a doctoral degree. Pais received the degree, only to be forced into hiding from the Nazis in 1943, practically next door to Anne Frank. After the war, he went to the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen to work with Niels Bohr. 1946 began his years at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he worked first as a Fellow and then as a Professor until his move to Rockefeller University in 1963. Combining his understanding of disparate social and political worlds, Pais comments just as insightfully on Oppenheimer's ordeals during the McCarthy era as he does on his own and his European colleagues' struggles during World War II. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
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Acknowledgments Prologue BOOK THE FIRST: EUROPE 1 Descent 2 Early Years 3 Bachelor's Degrees in Amsterdam 4 Of Music, Films, and Other Diversions 5 First Contacts with Zionism 6 Utrecht: M.Sc. and Ph.D. 7 War 8 Occupation of Holland 9 Sho'ah 10 Wartime Experiences of My Family and Me 11 War's Aftermath: A Last Lesson in Dutch History 12 My Final Months in Holland 13 Getting to Know Niels Bohr BOOK THE SECOND: AMERICA 14 It Is Time to Speak of America 15 The State of the Union 1946: The U.S., Princeton, and the Institute for Advanced Study 16 Enter Einstein and Other Interesting New Acquaintances 17 In Which Oppenheimer Becomes Director and I a Long-Term Member of the Institute 18 Oppenheimer: Glimpses of a Complex Man 19 My Career Unfolds 20 About Unexpected New Physics, Old Friends, and a Grand Tour 21 Of the Beginnings of Theoretical Particle Physics, Some Baseball History, and Two Long Summer Journeys 22 Of Symmetry and My Longest Journey 23 Greenwich Village, American Citizenship, and the Oppenheimer Affair 24 Of My Best Work and a Year's Leave of Absence. Death of Einstein 25 My First Trip to Russia and My First Marriage 26 Enter Joshua. The 1950s, Concluded 27 Times of Great Change: The Early 1960s 28 Changing My Workplace from Princeton to New York 29 What Befell Me in the Late 1960s 30 The 1970s 31 A Career Change 32 My Final Years--So Far 33 Approaching the Millennium Notes and References Onomasticon
Erscheinungsdatum | 27.05.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Princeton Legacy Library |
Zusatzinfo | 24 halftones |
Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 936 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-63040-2 / 0691630402 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-63040-3 / 9780691630403 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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