Hendrik Casimir

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Dutch physicist (1909-2000)

ScientistsLived 1909 to 2000 · aged 90

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Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir was a Dutch physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.

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1999George E. Pake Prize

1985Matteucci Medal

1982Wilhelm Exner Medal

1976IRI Medal

1976Maxwell Lecture

1975doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University

1970Foreign Member of the Royal Society

1957Three Physicists Prize

Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

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Arno Allan PenziasAlso won George E. Pake Prize

Rudolf PeierlsAlso won Matteucci Medal

Vladimir K. ZworykinAlso won Maxwell Lecture

Walter KohnAlso won Three Physicists Prize

Ingrid DaubechiesAlso won doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University

Edwin H. LandAlso won IRI Medal

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Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir was a Dutch physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He is best known for his work on the Casimir effect, which describes the attractive force between two uncharged plates in a vacuum due to quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field.