Dirk Polder

Physicist, Academic

1919 – 2001

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Who was Dirk Polder?

Dirk Polder was a Dutch physicist who, together with Hendrik Casimir, first predicted the existence of what today is known as the Casimir-Polder force, sometimes also referred to as the Casimir effect or Casimir force. He also worked on the similar topic of radiative heat transfer at nanoscale.

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Born
Aug 23, 1919
The Hague
Nationality
  • Netherlands
Profession
Education
  • Leiden University
Lived in
  • The Hague
Died
Mar 18, 2001

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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