Hendrik Lorentz is best known for his work on electromagnetic radiation and the FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction. He developed the mathematical theory of the electron. He was born in Arnhem in the Netherlands on 18 July 1853 and died in Haarlem on 4 February 1928. The Lorentz factor, the quantity that appears in length contraction and time dilation, is a mathematical object named after him through Lorentzian electrodynamics.
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Born 18 July 1853 Arnhem, Netherlands
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Hendrik Lorentz is best known for his work on electromagnetic radiation and the FitzGerald-Lorentz contraction. He developed the mathematical theory of the electron.
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The name originates from its earlier appearance in Lorentzian electrodynamics, named after the Dutch physicist Hendrik Lorentz
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