Walther Nernst
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Walther Nernst was a German scientist who made important discoveries in physical chemistry and physics during the late 1800s and early 1900s. His work helped advance our understanding of how energy and chemicals behave, and he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1920 for his contributions to the field.
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Walther Hermann Nernst ( German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈnɛʁnst] ; 25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German physical chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid-state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is also known for developing the Nernst equation in 1887.
He studied physics and mathematics at the universities of Zürich, Berlin, Graz and Würzburg, where he received his doctorate 1887. In 1889, he finished his habilitation at University of Leipzig.
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