What nationality was Pieter Zeeman?
Dutch
German
Belgian
French
Answer
Dutch physicist Pieter Zeeman shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with his former teacher, Hendrik Lorentz, for their independent discovery of the Zeeman effect, the splitting of spectral lines in the presence of a magnetic field. Zeeman's nationality is significant because it highlights the contributions of Dutch scientists to the field of physics and their role in advancing our understanding of the natural world.
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