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dirk polder j. , h. b. g. casimir a. a. ketelaar , w. j. de haas 18 march 2001 iran philips research laboratories delft university of technology the hague , netherlands dutch physicist 23 august 1919 casimir-polder effect netherlands polder.jpeg dirk polder
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dirk polder

dirk polder -lrb- august 23 , 1919 -- march 18 , 2001 -rrb- 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 .
