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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.
Apr 3, 2024 · 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-centimetre radiation. nuclear magnetic resonance.
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A comprehensive account of the life and achievements of Edward M. Purcell, Nobel laureate for physics in 1952, who made groundbreaking contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance, radio astronomy, biophysics, and astronomy. The memoir covers his early years, education, research, teaching, and service to science and society.
Purcell made ingenious contributions in biophysics, as exemplified by his famous analysis of life at low Reynolds numbers, which described the locomotion of bacteria in water. In astronomy, he made important contributions to the study of the alignment of interstellar grains.
Mar 10, 1997 · He was 84. The cause was respiratory failure, a son said. Dr. Purcell had been associated with Harvard University since 1936, retiring from there in 1977 as the Gerhard Gade University Professor....
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Edward Mills Purcell. 1912- American physicist whose work led to the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (now known as magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI).
Edward Mills Purcell was born in Taylorville, Ill., on Aug. 30, 1912. His father was general manager of a regional telephone company and young Edward Purcell, after reading Bell System technical magazines, decided to become an electrical engineer.
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