Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (born the July 18th 1853 with Arnhem, Netherlands ; died the February 4th 1928 with Haarlem, Netherlands) is a Physicien which accepted in 1902 the Nobel Prize of physics and in 1908 the Médaille Rumford. He was prize winner of the Franklin Médaille in 1917 for his work on the nature of the light and the constitution of the matter. He also accepted the Médaille Copley in 1918.
The majority of its work concerned the electromagnetism. It left its name to the transformations of Lorentz which are at the base of the theory of the restricted Relativité. They were presented by Lorentz with an aim of explaining the results of the Expérience of Michelson-Morley by a real contraction lengths in the direction of the movement, which is not compatible besides with the modern interpretation of the theory of the restricted Relativité which affirms only that the measurement of a distance or one duration depends on the reference frame in which this measurement is done and thus does not have absolute character. The theory of Lorentz also implies the existence of an absolute reference frame, the only one where the laws of electromagnetism would be applicable and of a medium, the ether, which would be used as support with the electromagnetic wave propagation and which would be fixed in this absolute reference frame.
Attention: one should not confuse Hendrik Lorentz with its contemporary, Ludwig Lorenz, Danish physicist who was also one of the pioneers of electromagnetism. Ironically, the two men, frequently confused today because of their homonymy, maintained the execrable relations. Konrad Lorenz is as for him a famous biologist known for his study on the Print (1st vision with the birth develops an attachment).
Lorentz medal
In its honor, the royal Academy of arts and sciences Dutchwoman, KNAW, founded in 1926 the Médaille Lorentz.
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