E. M. Purcell(1912–1997)
PhysicsEdward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has become widely used to study the molecular structure of pure materials and the composition of mixtures. Friends and colleagues knew him as Ed Purcell.
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Awards & Recognition
Nobel Prize in Physics
1952for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith
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Education
Harvard University
Purdue University
Doctoral Advisors
Nicolaas BloembergenCharles Pence SlichterGeorge BenedekWalter L. BrownMichaēl D. PapagiannēsHenry DeWolf SmythKenneth Bainbridge
Career Timeline
Harvard University?–present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology?–present
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Other winners of the same award(s)
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Geoffrey E. Hinton
Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
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Nobel Prize in Physics (2024)
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Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
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Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
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