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Paul Ehrenfest, Catalyst of Science

[15-02-2011]

On February 17, Marijn Hollestelle will receive his PhD on the life and work of the remarkable Physicist Paul Ehrenfest, professor of theoretical physics and a "catalyst of science." In the early century, Ehrenfest built a major research school in Leiden, and maintained contact with colleagues as Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. Read more (in Dutch)