One of the things I learned, one of the strangest things, is how to think. There was nothing else to do. I couldn't see people, or go for a walk in the forest. All I had was my head and my books, and I thought a lot.
Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to … - Abraham Pais
Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to …
- Abraham Pais
One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out o… - Abraham Pais
One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out o…
The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was c… - Abraham Pais
The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was c…
Some years ago John Kenneth Galbraith wrote in an essay on his efforts at writing a history of economics: 'As one approaches the present, one is fill… - Abraham Pais
Some years ago John Kenneth Galbraith wrote in an essay on his efforts at writing a history of economics: 'As one approaches the present, one is fill…
There is not a soul on Earth who can read the deluge of physics publications in its entirety. As a result, it is sad but true that physics has irretr… - Abraham Pais
There is not a soul on Earth who can read the deluge of physics publications in its entirety. As a result, it is sad but true that physics has irretr…
I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next le… - Abraham Pais
I spent every night until four in the morning on my dissertation, until I came to the point when I could not write another word, not even the next le…
I knew all the time I was going to get through the war. It was completely irrational, a silly idea, but I was not going to lie down and get myself ki… - Abraham Pais
I knew all the time I was going to get through the war. It was completely irrational, a silly idea, but I was not going to lie down and get myself ki…
To make a discovery is not necessarily the same as to understand a discovery. Not only Planck but also other physicists were intially at a loss as to… - Abraham Pais
To make a discovery is not necessarily the same as to understand a discovery. Not only Planck but also other physicists were intially at a loss as to…
[Heisenberg's seminal 1925 paper initiating quantum mechanics marked] one of the great jumps—perhaps the greatest—in the development of twentieth cen… - Abraham Pais
[Heisenberg's seminal 1925 paper initiating quantum mechanics marked] one of the great jumps—perhaps the greatest—in the development of twentieth cen…
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