Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz
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Geertruida Luberta de Haas-Lorentz (20 November 1885 ā 1973) was a Dutch physicist and professor of the Technical University of Delft. She was the first to theoretically study thermal fluctuations in electric circuits, treating electrons as Brownian particles. Consequently she is considered one of the pioneers of electrical noise theory. She was the daughter and doctoral student of Hendrik Lorentz.
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Born | Geertruida Luberta Lorentz 20 November 1885 Leiden, Netherlands |
Died | 1973 (aged 87ā88) Leiden, Netherlands |
Alma mater | University of Leiden |
Known for | first to perform fluctuational analysis of electrons as Brownian particles |
Spouse | Wander Johannes de Haas |
Children | 4 |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Technical University of Delft |
Thesis | Over de theorie van de Brown'schen beweging en daarmede verwante verschijnselen (1912) |
Doctoral advisor | Hendrik Lorentz |
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