Hendrik Casimir

thumb|Hendrik Casimir Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir (July 15, 1909 – May 4, 2000) was a Dutch physicist best known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors and the Casimir effect. Sourced For although it is certainly true that quantitative measurements are of great importance, it is a grave error to suppose that the whole of experimental physics can be brought under this heading. We can start measuring only when we know what to measure: qualitative observation has to precede quantitative measurement, and by making experimental arrangements for quantitative measurements we may even eliminate the possibility of new phenomena appearing. in his memoirs, as quoted by Jean Matricon, G. Waysand, Charles Glashausser The cold wars: a history of superconductivity Rutgers University Press 2003 0813532957 18 External links Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir Hendrik Casimir Category:Physicists from the Netherlands ' Category:1909 births Category:2000 deaths Category:People from The Hague