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Abraham Pais

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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 of you.


— Abraham Pais


#anything #because #caught #ever #get

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?


— Abraham Pais


#cited #course #everyone #frequencies #fundamental

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 caught for some reason, I should move.


— Abraham Pais


#anybody #assume #caught #game #honorable






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It was finiAbraham Paisd by Robert P. During Pais's childhood his father was an elementary schoolmaster headmaster and later the headmaster of the Sephardic Hebrew school. On May 8 Pais wrote to Rosenfeld at Liège to ask if he might continue his studies under him if his appointment came through and again on May 9 to congratulate him on his appointment.

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.

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