Relativity, Theory of
Lorentz develops electron theory and uses contraction ideas in attempts to account for electromagnetic experiments
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Biography and Timeline
Follow Hendrik Antoon Lorentz through 6 dated historical records for Netherlands.
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, historical timeline
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1892
Electron Theory of Matter
Develops an electrodynamic theory in which charged microscopic particles account for electrical and optical behaviour in matter.
1895
Relativity, Theory of
Lorentz introduces local time in electromagnetic theory, a step toward the later Lorentz transformations
1902
Nobel Prize in Physics
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for research on the influence of magnetism on radiation.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for research on the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena and for developing the electron theory used to explain the Zeeman effect.
1904
Relativity, Theory of
Lorentz publishes transformations that preserve the form of Maxwells equations for moving systems
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