| Date of Birth | 25-June-1864 | |
| Place of Birth |
Wąbrzeźno (Poland, Wąbrzeźno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) |
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| Nationality | Germany | |
| Also know as | Walther Hermann Nernst | |
| Profession | Chemist, Physicist | |
| Walther Hermann Nernst, ForMemRS was a German physical chemist and physicist who is known for his theories behind the calculation of chemical affinity as embodied in the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Nernst helped establish the modern field of physical chemistry and contributed to electrochemistry, thermodynamics, solid state chemistry and photochemistry. He is also known for developing the Nernst equation. | ||
Awards by Walther Nernst |
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