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Pieter Zeeman
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Name: Pieter Zeeman Country: Schouwen, Zeeland Invented: Zeeman Effect Won Noble Prize: 1902
Interesting Facts about Zeeman Effect :) Led to the discovering of the Electron! Split Light beams With a magnet
• when they went their different ways• he learned things about them
Interesting Facts on Zeeman!
Secondary School: Zierikzee Zeeman and Kamerlingh Onnes shared
passion of experiments. Had a Laboratory Named after Him
• Zeeman Laboratory of Amsterdam University
More Interesting Facts!
Many World-Famous Scientists visited the Laboratory
He was loved by Pupils • C.J. Bakker-Director of CERN• S. Goudsmit-Part of Electron Spin
More Interesting Facts
In 1883 he accurately drew the Aurora Borealis
He was always concerned optical phenomena
Got a Gold Metal From Dutch Society of Sciences
More Interesting Facts
Studied absorption of electrical waves into fluids.
He led into the continuation of Kerr effect With the Discovery of the Zeeman Effect
• J.J. Thompson discovered free Electrons in Cathode rays
Interesting Facts
Zeeman Effect:• Way to prove any new theory of an Atom• Proved Strong Magnetic Fields on the Sun• Led to Doppler Effect
Interesting Facts Was Honorary Doctor of the Universities of:
• Göttingen• Oxford• Philadelphia• Strasbourg
Doctor Of Universities
• Liège• Ghent• Glasgow• Brussels• Paris
Life Outside of Physics
Much interest in literature and stage Married in 1895
• To: Johanna Elisabeth Lebret
Entertaining Host• loved to invite collaborators to his home
Died:• October 9, 1943, from illness
Sources
"Pieter Zeeman." Nobleprize.org. 1902. Web. 19 Feb 2010. <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1902/zeeman-bio.html>.
"Pieter Zeeman." Encyclopedia.com. 2010. HighBeam™ Research, Inc. , Web. 19 Feb 2010. <http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pieter_Zeeman.aspx>.