Frits Zernike--life and achievements

Hedzer A. Ferwerda

doi:10.1117/12.142941

1 December 1993 Frits Zernike--life and achievements

Hedzer A. Ferwerda

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 32, Issue 12, (December 1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142941

Abstract

We present a review of the life and work of Frits Zernike (1 888-1 966), professor of mathematical and technical physics and theoretical mechanics at Groningen University, The Netherlands, inventor of phase contrast microscopy.

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Hedzer A. Ferwerda "Frits Zernike--life and achievements," Optical Engineering 32(12), (1 December 1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.142941

Published: 1 December 1993

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