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Abraham Pais
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. 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 Denm…
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Born 19 May 1918 · Died 28 July 2000 · Q330492
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2026· 3 entries
Sofascore: Associacao de Pais E Amigos Futebol RS vs Real SC U23 live score, H2H and lineups
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Gazeta Express: Rama tells "El Pais" about his life between art and politics
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2017· 1 entry
Published “Antiinflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 8,691 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Apixaban versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 7,552 times.
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study” in The Lancet — cited 9,159 times.
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2000· 1 entry
Died 2000-07-28.
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Andrew Gemant Award (1993).
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1991· 1 entry
Published Niels Bohr's Times: In physics, philosophy, and polity (Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1991) which describes the life and scientific contributions of Bohr
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1984· 1 entry
Pais was elected to the American Philosophical Society
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded National Book Award (1983).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1979).
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1972· 1 entry
Pais was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1963· 1 entry
Pais accepted a position at Rockefeller University to head the theoretical physics group while Rockefeller was in transition from being a medical institute to a university
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1956· 1 entry
Pais became a naturalized citizen of the United States
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1949· 1 entry
Became corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1947· 1 entry
Accepted a position at the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States and thus became a colleague of Albert Einstein
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1946· 1 entry
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
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1940· 1 entry
The Germans invaded the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, disrupting the mail between Utrecht and Liège for months
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1938· 1 entry
Pais was awarded two Bachelor of Science degrees in physics and mathematics, with minors in chemistry and astronomy
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1918· 1 entry
Born 1918-05-19.
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