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  • NAME: Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes
  • OCCUPATION: Academic, Physicist
  • BIRTH DATE: September 21, 1853
  • DEATH DATE: February 21, 1926
  • EDUCATION: University of Groningen
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Groningen, Netherlands
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Leiden, Netherlands

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Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes was a Dutch scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his production of liquid helium. He also discovered superconductivity.

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Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes (b. 1853) was a Dutch scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of liquid helium. He also discovered superconductivity - the almost complete lack of electrical resistance in certain materials when cooled to near absolute zero. Due to his work, he pioneered refrigeration techniques. He taught experimental physics at several Dutch universities.

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