Pieter Zeeman

By: Jorry Lammers

For: Mrs. Hawks

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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>.