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Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1966)

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Frits Zernike

Dutch physicist (1888–1966)

Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.
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Nobel Prize in Physics

One of five prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and…
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July 16

Day of the year

July 16 is the 197th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 168 days remain until the end of the year.
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