Frits Zernike
July 16, 1888 –March 10, 1966
Physicist, Mathematician, Inventor, University teacher, Chemist
Lived 77 years
- Born in
- Amsterdam
- Passed away in
- Amersfoort
Frederik "Frits" Zernike (Dutch: [frɪt ˈsɛrnikə]; 16 July 1888 – 10 March 1966) was a Dutch physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.
Notable works: phase contrast microscopy Awards: Rumford Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, honorary doctor of the University of Poitiers, Foreign Member of the Royal Society Education: University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen
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