Willem Hendrik Keesom
Physicist and low-temperature pioneer
Born
June 21st, 1876
149 years ago
Died
1956
69 years ago — 80 years old
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
Netherlands
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Contributed significantly to the field of physics, focusing primarily on low-temperature research. Developed techniques for achieving very low temperatures, which allowed for the study of properties of materials in different states. Contributed to the understanding of liquid helium, which has unique properties under cryogenic conditions. Published extensively on thermodynamics and the behavior of materials at low temperatures, and served as a professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Conducted pioneering research on liquid helium
Developed methods for achieving low temperatures
Published influential papers on thermodynamics
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