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Pieter Zeeman : from village boy to Nobel Laureate in physics / A. J. Kox and H. F. Schatz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kox, Anne J., author.
- Schatz, H. F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943.
- Zeeman, Pieter.
- Nobel Prize winners--Netherlands--Biography.
- Nobel Prize winners.
- Physicists--Netherlands--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Netherlands.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- This biography of the life and science of 20th Century physicist Pieter Zeeman draws on a wealth of newly discovered material to describe his life and work, offering enlightening details about his personal life.
- Contents:
- Liberal parson’s family in Zeeland
- Another final examination in Delft
- The Leiden years
- Zeeman and Dordrecht
- Rich girl
- Zeeman’s great discovery
- Lector and professor
- Young family in the big city
- Professor and director
- The Great War
- Living in grandeur
- The new laboratory
- Inside and outside the home
- Final years.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed April 24, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Pieter Zeeman. Pieter Zeeman.
- ISBN:
- 9780191994722
- 0191994723
- 0198887469
- 9780198887461
- OCLC:
- 1551298712
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000316871
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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