
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist who developed the phase-contrast microscope, a technique that allows scientists to see transparent objects like living cells more clearly without staining them. His invention was groundbreaking for biology and medicine, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953.
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Frederik "Frits" Zernike ( Dutch: [frɪt ˈsɛrnikə]; 16 July 1888 – 10 March 1966) was a Dutch physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.
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