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Edward Mills Purcell (August 30, 1912 – March 7, 1997) was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery (published 1946) of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids.
E dward Mills Purcell was born in Taylorville, Illinois, U.S.A., on August 30, 1912. His parents, Edward A. Purcell and Mary Elizabeth Mills, were both natives of Illinois. He was educated in the public schools in Taylorville and in Mattoon, Illinois, and in 1929 entered Purdue University in Indiana.
Edward Mills Purcell. Born: Aug. 30, 1912, Taylorville, Ill., U.S. Died: March 7, 1997, Cambridge, Mass. (aged 84) Awards And Honors: National Medal of Science (1979) Nobel Prize (1952) Subjects Of Study: 21-centimeter radiation. nuclear magnetic resonance.
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Mar 7, 1997 · Edward Mills Purcell. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952. Born: 30 August 1912, Taylorville, IL, USA. Died: 7 March 1997, Cambridge, MA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nov 1, 1999 · Professor Edward Purcell was a physicist of great distinction. With Felix Bloch he received the joint award of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1952, for the developments respectively of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and nuclear induction.
- Brebis Bleaney
- 1999
Learn about Edward Mills Purcell, an American physicist who invented nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) absorption and applied it to radio astronomy and biophysics. He won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics and the Biological Physics Prize of the American Physical Society.
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1952 was awarded jointly to Felix Bloch and Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith"
