Electron Theory of Matter1892
Develops an electrodynamic theory in which charged microscopic particles account for electrical and optical behaviour in matter.
Historical person
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, based on 5 World History Database records associated with Netherlands.
5 records1892–19043 events2 places
Chronological biography
1892
Relativity, Theory of1892
Lorentz develops electron theory and uses contraction ideas in attempts to account for electromagnetic experiments
1895
Relativity, Theory of1895
Lorentz introduces local time in electromagnetic theory, a step toward the later Lorentz transformations
1902
Nobel Prize in Physics10 December 1902
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for research on the influence of magnetism on radiation.
1904
Relativity, Theory of1904
Lorentz publishes transformations that preserve the form of Maxwells equations for moving systems
Titles and roles
Physicist
Record provenance
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