List of Famous people with last name Nernst

Walther Nernst

First Name Walther

Last Name Nernst

Born on June 25, 1864

Died on November 18, 1941 (aged 77)

Born in Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Walther Hermann Nernst ForMemRS was a German 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.

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