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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.
Mar 7, 1997 · 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"
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"
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.
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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Edward Mills Purcell was a well-known American physicist. He shared the ‘Nobel Prize’ for Physics in 1952 with Felix Bloch, a Swiss physicist working mainly in the United States. They were awarded the ‘Nobel Prize’ for "their development of new ways and methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements."
Edward Mills Purcell was born in Taylorville, Illinois, USA, the son of Edward A. Purcell and Mary Elizabeth Mills, both natives of Illinois. From public schools in Taylorville and Mattoon, Illinois, he won a scholarship to Purdue University, Indiana. He graduated in 1933.
