Willem Einthoven
1860-1927
Dutch Physiologist
Willem Einthoven was a Dutch physiologist who, in 1924, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his invention of a string galvanometer t...
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Although trained in medicine, Willem Einthoven was always interested in physics, and his greatest contributions to science involve the application of physical principles to the development of new inst...
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Although trained in medicine, Willem Einthoven was always very much interested in physics, and his greatest contributions to science involve the application of physical principles to the development o...
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Willem Einthoven was born in Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). When he was six years old, his father, Jacob, (a physician) died and, in 1870, the widowed Louise de Vogel Einthoven returned with...
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