(Gengwu April 25), May 25, 1870, the Dutch physicist Zeeman was born.


Peter Zeeman (Pieter the Zeeman, 1865 -1943 on October 9), Dutch physicist. University of Leiden in 1885 under the guidance of the Lorentz and Onnes learning physics, Lorentz and worked as a teaching assistant. The Lorentz impact Zeeman very familiar with his electromagnetic theory and experiment skilled. 1892 the Zeeman because careful measurement of the Kerr effect was the gold medal. Received his PhD in 1893. After entering the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Discovered in 1896 Zeeman splitting of atomic spectroscopy in a magnetic field, was named as the Zeeman effect. With Houluolunzi in theory explain this phenomenon. The duo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902.