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Zeeman   /zˈimən/   Listen
Zeeman

noun
1.
Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943).  Synonym: Pieter Zeeman.






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"Zeeman" Quotes from Famous Books



... transformation or the Lorentz transformation corresponds to the facts. Experiment * decides in favour of equation (B) derived from the theory of relativity, and the agreement is, indeed, very exact. According to recent and most excellent measurements by Zeeman, the influence of the velocity of flow v on the propagation of light is represented by formula (B) to within ...
— Relativity: The Special and General Theory • Albert Einstein

... Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine Collection, now in a private collection in Kopenhagen. Plate 8. View of the Same Side of Town as in Plate 7, but Looking Outward. The tower on the left is the same as sketched by Rembrandt (plate 13). After an etching by R. Zeeman, about 1650. Plate 9. The Tower Called "Montelraanstoren" In Amsterdam After the drawing by Rembrandt, formerly in the Heseltine Collection, now in the Rembrandt House, Amsterdam Plate 10. The Same Tower as in the Preceding Illustration, with its ...
— Rembrandt's Amsterdam • Frits Lugt



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