Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Lorentz in 1902

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Painting of Hendrik Lorentz by Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, 1916

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Portrait by Jan Veth

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Lorentz' theory of electrons. Formulas for the Lorentz force, the Maxwell equations for the divergence of the electrical field E, the magnetic field B, La théorie electromagnétique de Maxwell et son application aux corps mouvants, 1892, p. 451

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Lorentz' theory of electrons. Formulas for the curl of the magnetic field and the electrical field E, La théorie electromagnétique de Maxwell et son application aux corps mouvants, 1892, p. 452

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Albert Einstein and Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, photographed by Ehrenfest in front of his home in Leiden in 1921

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Lorentz (left) at the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations, here with Albert Einstein

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



His published university lectures in theoretical physics. Part 1. Stralingstheorie (1910-1911, Radiation theory) in Dutch, edited by his student A. D. Fokker, 1919

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Versuch einer Theorie der electrischen und optischen Erscheinungen in bewegten Körpen

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Trajectory of a particle with a positive or negative charge q under the influence of a magnetic field B, which is directed perpendicularly out of the screen

Arnhem, Netherlands, 18 July 1853
Haarlem, Netherlands, 4 February 1928
physicist

Hendrik Lorentz



Lorentz-monument Park Sonsbeek in Arnhem, the Netherlands

Mvezo, 18 July 1918
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Mandela in Washington, D.C., 1994

Mvezo, 18 July 1918
5 December 2013

Nelson Mandela



Photograph of Mandela, taken in Umtata in 1937

Mvezo, 18 July 1918
5 December 2013

Nelson Mandela



Mandela in the act of burning his pass book, a document required of blacks by racial laws (1960)

Mvezo, 18 July 1918
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Nelson Mandela



Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela on July 4, 1993

Mvezo, 18 July 1918
5 December 2013

Nelson Mandela



Bust of Mandela erected on London's South Bank by the Greater London Council administration of Ken Livingstone in 1985

Mvezo, 18 July 1918
5 December 2013

Nelson Mandela



1988 Soviet commemorative stamp, captioned "The fighter for freedom of South Africa Nelson Mandela" in Russian

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