Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
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1 (of 2) The Cryogenics Laboratory in Leiden, 1919. From left: Paul Ehrenfest, Hendrik Lorentz, 1922 Nobel Laureate in Physics Niels Bohr and 1913 Nobel Laureate in Physics Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.
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2 (of 2) Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (left) and Johannes Diderik van der Waals (right) in front of the helium-'liquefactor', Leiden 1908.
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Nobel Prizes 2019
Fifteen laureates have been awarded this year, for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.
Their work and discoveries range from how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen to our ability to fight global poverty.
See them all presented here.
Their work and discoveries range from how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen to our ability to fight global poverty.
See them all presented here.
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