About
Dutch scientist whose phase contrast microscope invention won the 1953 Nobel prize for physics. He also worked as a professor at Groningen University.
Before Fame
He studied chemistry, mathematics, and physics at the University of Amsterdam.
Trivia
His circle polynomial research greatly influenced the field of optics.
Family Life
He was the son of two mathematics teachers: Carl Frederick August Zernike and Antje Dieperink.
Associated With
He and Niels Bohr were both recipients of the Nobel prize for physics.
