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Pieter Hendrik van Cittert

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Dutch physicist (1889-1959)

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Pieter Hendrik van Cittert was a Dutch physicist and science historian. He is known for proving the van Cittert-Zernike theorem about the coherence of electromagnetic radiation in 1934. He also founded the University Museum in Utrecht.

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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1889 to 1959 · aged 70
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