Physics: Pieter Zeeman

Physics: Pieter Zeeman
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Pieter Zeeman (1865) Pieter Zeeman (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.

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Pieter Zeeman (1865) Pieter Zeeman (25 May 186 5 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.

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Why is Pieter Zeeman remembered? Ever y major advance in physics was made by a person working to understand something that didn't quite make sense yet. Pieter Zeeman was one of those people.

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About Pieter Zeeman Pieter Zeeman (25 May 186 5 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.