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Hendrik Lorentz
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was a Dutch theoretical physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He derived
Lorentz in 1902
Lorentz in 1902
Albert Einstein and Hendrik Lorentz, photographed by Paul Ehrenfest in front of his home in Leiden in 1921.
Albert Einstein and Hendrik Lorentz, photographed by Paul Ehrenfest in front of his home in Leiden in 1921.
His published university lectures in theoretical physics. Part 1. Stralingstheorie (1910–1911, Radiation theory) in Dutch, edited by his student A. D.
His published university lectures in theoretical physics. Part 1. Stralingstheorie (1910–1911, Radiation theory) in Dutch, edited by his student A. D. Fokker, 1919.
Funeral procession for Lorentz in Haarlem, February 1928.
Funeral procession for Lorentz in Haarlem, February 1928.
Solvay Conference
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The Solvay Conferences have been devoted to preeminent unsolved problems in both physics and chemistry. They began with the historic invitation-only 1911 Solvay Conference on Physics, considered a tur
Hendrik Lorentz
…to another. This group differs fundamentally from the above group as regards transformations of space and time.'' Lorentz was chairman of the first Solvay Conference held in Brussels in the autumn of 1911. Shortly after the conference, Poincaré wrote an essay on quantum physics which gives an indication of Lorentz's…
Photograph of the first conference, 2 November, 1911, at the Hotel Metropole Seated (L–R): W. Nernst, M. Brillouin, E. Solvay, H. Lorentz, E. Warburg,
Photograph of the first conference, 2 November, 1911, at the Hotel Metropole Seated (L–R): W. Nernst, M. Brillouin, E. Solvay, H. Lorentz, E. Warburg, J. Perrin, W. Wien, M. Skłodowska-Curie, and H. Poincaré. Standing (L–R): R. Goldschmidt, M. Planck, H. Rubens, A. Sommerfeld, F. Lindemann, M. de Broglie, M. Knudsen, F. Hasenöhrl, G. Hostelet, E. Herzen, J. H. Jeans, E. Rutherford, H. Kamerlingh Onnes, A. Einstein and P. Langevin.
Second Conference, 1913
Second Conference, 1913
Third Conference, 1921
Third Conference, 1921