Haphazard Reality av Hendrik B G Casimir

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Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (1909-2000), a Dutch physicist best known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors and the Casimir effect, studied theoretical physics under Paul Ehrenfest at Leiden University, receiving his PhD in 1931. He also spent time in Copenhagen with Niels Bohr and at ETH Z¿rich as an assistant to Wolfgang Pauli. In 1938, Casimir became professor of physics at Leiden University; in 1942, he moved to the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium in Eindhoven where he remained an active scientist until becoming its co-director in 1946 and a member of Philips''s board of directors in 1956. Casimir retired from Philips in 1972.<br><br>"An outstanding scientific autobiography... I remain impressed by its thoughtfulness and charm." - <b><i>American Journal of Physics</i></b><br><br>"[A] rich autobiography and history-of-atomic-physics... A charming, idiosyncratic, and meaningful account of events and personalities that changed physics." - <b><i>Kirkus</i></b><