Dirk Polder

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Dirk Polder
Dirk Polder
Dirk Polder
Born August 23, 1919
The Hague, Netherlands
Died March 18, 2001
?, Iran
Residence Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Field Physicist
Institution Philips Research Laboratories
Delft University of Technology
Alma mater University of Leiden
Academic advisor J. A. A. Ketelaar, W. J. de Haas, H. B. G. Casimir
Known for Casimir-Polder effect

Dirk Polder (August 23, 1919, The HagueMarch 18, 2001, Iran) was a Dutch physicist who, together with Hendrik Casimir, first predicted the existence of what today is known as the Casimir-Polder force,[1] sometimes also referred to as the Casimir effect or Casimir force.



[edit] Notes

  1. ^ H. B. G. Casimir, and D. Polder, The Influence of Retardation on the London-van der Waals Forces, Physical Review, Vol. 73, Issue 4, pp. 360-372 (1948). [1]


[edit] Obituary

  • Q. H. F. Vrehen, Dirk Polder, Levensberichten en herdenkingen (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2002), pp. 57-63. ISBN 90-6984-343-9 [2]]