Frits Zernike
Frits Zernike
Frits Zernike (1888–1966)
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a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.
Born
Frits Zernike 16 July 1888 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died
10 March 1966 (aged 77) Amersfoort, Netherlands
Nationality
Netherlands
Known for
Phase-contrast microscopy Zernike polynomials Ornstein–Zernike equation Van Cittert–Zernike theorem
Fields
Physics
Alma mater
University of Amsterdam
Awards
Rumford Medal (1952) Nobel Prize in Physics (1953) Fellow of the Royal Society
Institutions
Groningen University
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Netherlands
era
1800+
Influences
Jacobus Kapteyn