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Frits Zernike (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfrɪtˈsɛrnikə]; 16 July 1888 – 10 March 1966) was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist who invented phase contrast microscopy and won the Nobel Prize in 1953. Learn about his life, education, research, achievements, and legacy on this web page.
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope, an instrument that permits the study of internal cell structure without the need to stain and thus kill the cells.
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Frits Zernike. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1953. Born: 16 July 1888, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Died: 10 March 1966, Groningen, the Netherlands. Affiliation at the time of the award: Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands.
FRITS ZERNIKE. How I discovered phase contrast. Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1953. « Phase contrast » was not discovered while working with a microscope, but in a different part of optics. It started from my interest in diffraction gratings, about from 1920 on.
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Jul 26, 2023 · Frits Zernike was born in Amsterdam, 16 July 1888. He inherited his passion for physics from his father; as a boy he already possessed an arsenal of pots, crucibles, and tubes, which he scraped together with his own pocket money, or received as gifts from understanding manufacturers.
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Sep 19, 2023 · Frits Zernike was born in 1888 in Amsterdam, where he studied chemistry before becoming the assistent to astronomer J.C. Kapteyn in Groningen. In 1915 he became a lecturer in mathematical physics and in 1920 professor in pure physics.
