Mar 7 1997
From The Space Library
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Edward M. Purcell, 1952 Nobel Prize winner in physics and long-time researcher at Harvard University, died. Purcell discovered a means to detect the extremely weak magnetism of the atomic nucleus, making it possible to "listen to the whisperings of hydrogen through the universe." Purcell had served as President of the American Physical Society. In 1967 Purcell had won the Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers, and in 1979 he had won the National Medal of Science. At Harvard, Purcell held the position of Gerhard Gade University Professor, retiring from the university in 1977. Of his Nobel Prize-winning research Purcell commented, "We are dealing not merely with a new tool but with a new subject, a subject I have called simply nuclear magnetism.
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