Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen
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Dutch physicist
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Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen's Degrees
- Bachelors Physics University of Amsterdam
- Masters Physics University of Amsterdam
- PhD Physics Delft University of Technology
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen was a Dutch physicist known for her early contributions to the theory of magnetism. She studied at Leiden University under the guidance of Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, obtaining her doctorate in 1919. Her thesis explained why magnetism is an essentially quantum mechanical effect, a result now referred to as the Bohr–Van Leeuwen theorem. She continued to investigate magnetic materials at the "Technische Hogeschool Delft" , first as "assistant" between September 1920 and April 1947, and then she was promoted to "lector in de theoretische en toegepaste natuurkunde" .
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