Hugo Christiaan Hamaker
Hugo Christiaan Hamaker | |
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| Born | 23 March 1905 |
| Died | 7 September 1993 (aged 88) |
| Known for | Hamaker constant Hamaker theory Hamaker's law |
| Relatives | Philip Kuenen (brother-in-law) Hendrik Jacob Hamaker (grandfather) |
| Awards | Shewhart Medal (1979) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Philips Physics Laboratory Eindhoven University of Technology |
| Thesis | Reflectivity and Emissivity of Tungsten (1934) |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Ornstein |
Hugo Christiaan Hamaker (23 March 1905 – 7 September 1993), or Huug Hamaker, was a Dutch physical chemist and applied statistician. He was responsible for the Hamaker theory which explains the van der Waals forces between objects larger than molecules.