Dirk Polder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dirk Polder

Dutch physicist

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1919

Place of Birth: The Hague, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 18-Mar-2001

Profession: physicist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dirk Polder (August 23, 1919 – March 18, 2001) was a Dutch physicist who, together with Hendrik Casimir, first predicted the existence of what today is known as the Casimir-Polder force, sometimes also referred to as the Casimir effect or Casimir force.
He also worked on the similar topic of radiative heat transfer at nanoscale. In 1978 Polder became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.