![]() In 1895 in an attempt to explain the Michelson-Morley experiment, Lorentz introduced the concept of local time (different time rates in different locations). This was experimentally proven in 1896 by Pieter Zeeman, a pupil of Lorentz. Lorentz theorized that the atoms might consist of charged particles and suggested that the oscillations of these charged particles were the source of light. During his time there he was primarily interested in a single theory to explain the relationship of electricity, magnetism, and light. He was appointed professor of mathematical physics at the Univiersity of Leiden in 1878. His name is now associated with the Lorentz-Lorenz formula. ![]() In his doctoral thesis for University of Leiden (1875), Lorentz refined the electromagnetic theory of James Clerk Maxwell to better explain the reflection and refraction of light. He worked for his doctorate while holding the teaching post. He entered the University of Leiden in 1870 but, in 1872, he returned to Arnhem to take up teaching evening classes. Lorentz attended primary school in Arnhem until he was 13 years of age when he entered the new High School there. ![]() ![]() Hendrik Antoon Lorentz ( July 18, 1853, Arnhem – February 4, 1928, Haarlem) was a Dutch physicist and the winner of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on electromagnetic radiation. Painting of Hendrik Lorentz by Arnhemensis ![]()
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