Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Facts
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Facts
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| Hendrik Lorentz was born in Arnhem, in the Netherlands. |
| He excelled in high school, learning English, French, and German and the classical languages that were required for University admission. |
| He studied physics and mathematics at Leiden University and earned a B.S. |
| In 1875 he earned his PhD with a dissertation entitled, "On the theory of reflection and refraction of light" which built on James Maxwell's electromagnetic theory. |
| In 1877 he was appointed chair of theoretical physics at the University of Leiden. |
| Much of his research centered on the theory of electromagnetism and the relationship of electricity, magnetism and light. |
| Lorentz thought atoms consisted of charged particles whose oscillations were the source of light. |
| He and his colleague Pieter Zeeman shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of the Zeeman Effect, which can be used to measure a magnetic field. |
| It has important applications in nuclear magnetic resonance, magnetic resonance imaging, and spectroscopy. |
| In a 1904 paper Lorentz wrote a detailed discussion of the phenomenon of time dilation and its effect of the mass of rapidly moving objects. |
| In 1905 Albert Einstein would use many of Lorentz's concepts to write his paper, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving bodies," which later became known as the Lorentz-Einstein theory. |
| In 1912 Lorentz resigned from his chair at the University to become curator of the Physics Cabinet at Teylers Museum. |
| After World War I, Lorentz served on the committee to use science to solve civil problems, such as food shortages, caused by the war. |
| From 1918 to 1926 Lorentz chaired a committee to study the hydraulic effects of building a dam on the Waddenzee. |
| Albert Einstein delivered the eulogy at the University memorial service for Lorentz. |
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