Tale of Two Continents: A Physicist's Life in a Turbulent World

Title: Tale of Two Continents: A Physicist's Life in a Turbulent World Author: Abraham Pais ISBN: 9780691012438 Publisher: Princeton University Press Published: 1997 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. F 1623955 Publisher Description: 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 ende