The Nobel Prize in Physics 1953
Awarded on: 1953-11-04
"for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope"
Affiliations:
- Groningen University – Groningen, the Netherlands
Frits Zernike
Born: 1888-07-16 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gender: male
Field: Dutch physicist (1888–1966)
Biography
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.