Background
Casimir, Hendrik Brugt Gerhard was born on July 15, 1909 in The Hague, Netherlands. Son of Rommert and Teunsina Dina (Borgman) Casimir.
(Casimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked w...)
Casimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked with three great physicists of the twentieth century: Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Ehrenfest. In his autobiography, the brilliant theoretician lets the reader witness the revolution that led to quantum physics, whose influence on modern society turned out to be many times larger than the first atomic physicists could have imagined. Through his involvement in the technical-scientific and the business aspects of physics, through management positions at Philips Research Laboratory and as a member of the Board of Directors of Philips, Professor Casimir is the ideal person to place half a century of developments in physics within the context of important events in the world.
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Casimir, Hendrik Brugt Gerhard was born on July 15, 1909 in The Hague, Netherlands. Son of Rommert and Teunsina Dina (Borgman) Casimir.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Leiden, Netherlands, 1931. Doctor honoris cause, Columbia University, 1977.
Research assistant Leiden University, 1933-1942, professor, 1939-1977. Research physicist Philips Electrical, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1942-1946, co-director, 1946-1956. Member executive board Philips Company, Eindhoven, 1956-1972.
(Casimir, himself a famous physician, studied and worked w...)
Board of Manager of Philips 1957-1972, supervising Philips research activities in various countries. Royal Academy, of Netherlands, now Emeritus. American Academy, of Arts and Sciences.
Royal Flemish Academy, of Science, Letters and Arts. Heidelberg Academy, of Science, Austrian Academy, of Sciences, Vienna. Royal Society, London 1970, Finnish Academy, of Technical Sciences, Helsinki, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.
Married Josina Maria Jonker, August 11, 1933. Children: Elisabeth Magdalena, Rommert Jan, Anna Margaretha, Teunsina Dina, Gerda Josina.