Dirk Polder

Dirk Polder
Dirk Polder
Born	August 23, 1919 The Hague, Netherlands
Died	March 18, 2001 (aged 81) Iran
Residence	Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	Philips Research Laboratories Delft University of Technology
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Doctoral advisor	J. A. A. Ketelaar, W. J. de Haas, H. B. G. Casimir
Known for	Casimir-Polder effect

Dirk Polder (August 23, 1919 – March 18, 2001) was a Dutch physicist who, together with Hendrik Casimir, first predicted the existence of what today is known as the Casimir-Polder force,^[1] sometimes also referred to as the Casimir effect or Casimir force. He also worked on the similar topic of radiative heat transfer at nanoscale.

In 1978 Polder became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[2]

Notes

1. H. B. G. Casimir, and D. Polder, The Influence of Retardation on the London-van der Waals Forces, Physical Review, Vol. 73, Issue 4, pp. 360-372 (1948).
2. "Dirk Polder (1919 - 2001)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

References

Obituary

• Q. H. F. Vrehen, Dirk Polder, Levensberichten en herdenkingen (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2002), pp. 57–63. ISBN 90-6984-343-9