Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
1853 – 1926 Netherlands
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Who was Heike Kamerlingh Onnes?
Dutch physicist who discovered superconductivity and superfluidity in liquid helium, winning the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awards & Honors
| Award | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Physics | 1913 | for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium |