Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell (August 30, 1912 – Mairch 7, 1997) wis an American pheesicist wha shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Pheesics for his independent discovery (published 1946) o nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids an in solits.[1] Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) haes acome widely uised tae study the molecular structur o pure materials an the composeetion o mixturs.
 Edward Purcell | |
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 Edward Mills Purcell (1912–1997) | |
| Born | 30 August 1912 Taylorville, Illinois, Unitit States |
| Dee'd | 7 Mairch 1997 (aged 84) Cambridge, Massachusetts, Unitit States |
| Naitionality | Unitit States |
| Alma mater | Purdue Varsity (BSEE) Harvard Varsity (M.A.) Harvard Varsity (Ph.D) |
| Kent for | Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) Smith-Purcell effect 21 cm line |
| Awairds | Nobel Prize for Pheesics (1952) Oersted Medal (1967) Naitional Medal o Science (1979) Max Delbruck Prize (1984) Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (1988) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pheesics |
| Institutions | Harvard Varsity MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth Bainbridge |
| Other academic advisors | John Van Vleck |
| Doctoral students | George Pake George Benedek Charles Pence Slichter |
| Ither notable students | Nicolaas Bloembergen |
References eedit
- ↑ Bleaney, B. (1999). "Edward Mills Purcell. 30 August 1912 -- 7 March 1997: Elected For.Mem.R.S. 1989". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 45: 437–447. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0029.