![]() ![]() ![]() There is no doubt that Lorentz’ contributions for science and his country are great. As official deliverer of Lorentz’ collected works and correspondence, Kox had been working on his biography for forty years when Van Delft retired and then found the time to create what he had long been desperately missing: a biography of the iconic Leiden theoretical physicist who won one of the first Nobel Prizes and was a friend and spiritual father of Einstein.įriends and colleagues: Einstein and Lorentz in Leiden, 1921 The first is more floral, elaborate, and detailed, while the other is more sober, sleek, and sad, both ending with many pages of notes, references, and sources.īerends (emeritus professor of theoretical physics in Leiden, a distant successor of Lorentz there) and Van Delft (former director of the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden) use more than twice as many words as Kox (emeritus professor of History of Physics at the University of Amsterdam) because of the abundance of details and elaborations. Kox are clear from the opening paragraphs. The differences between Lorentz by Frits Berends and Hendrik Antoon Lorentz by Anne J. According to one of the biographies, it was a beautiful winter’s day, as the sun showed itself from time to time, and nature took part in the overwhelming tribute that befell the deceased, while the other described it as a grey, bleak day with occasional drizzle. ![]()
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