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Pieter Zeeman (pronounced [ˈzeːmɑn]) (25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect. Pieter Zeeman was born in Zonnemaire, a small town on the island of Schouwen-Duiveland, Netherlands to Catharinus Forandinus Zeeman, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Willemina Worst. He was early on already interested in physics. In 1883, the Aurora borealis happened to be visible in the... full article at wikipedia
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  • In recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena.
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