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Walther Nernst

1864 - 1941

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Nernst is the 54th most popular chemist (down from 32nd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Poland (up from 70th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Chemist.

Walther Nernst was a German chemist who is most famous for his work on the Third Law of Thermodynamics. He also developed the Nernst Equation, which is a formula used to calculate the voltage difference between two points in an electric circuit.

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Among chemists, Walther Nernst ranks 54 out of 602. Before him are Victor Grignard, Arthur Harden, Adolf Butenandt, Archer Martin, Otto Diels, and Henry Louis Le Chatelier. After him are Rodney Robert Porter, Robert Bunsen, Justus von Liebig, Frederick Soddy, Kurt Alder, and Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr..

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Among people born in 1864, Walther Nernst ranks 8. Before him are Richard Strauss, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Wilhelm Wien, George Washington Carver, Camille Claudel, and Alois Alzheimer. After him are Maurice Leblanc, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Hermann Minkowski, Alfred Hermann Fried, Eleftherios Venizelos, and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine. Among people deceased in 1941, Walther Nernst ranks 8. Before him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Rabindranath Tagore, Henri Bergson, Virginia Woolf, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and Alfonso XIII of Spain. After him are Emanuel Lasker, Maurice Leblanc, Maximilian Kolbe, Paul Sabatier, Émile Bernard, and Arthur Evans.

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Among people born in Poland, Walther Nernst ranks 39 out of 1,694. Before him are Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Rudolf Clausius (1822), Zygmunt Bauman (1925), Władysław IV Vasa (1595), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), and Günther von Kluge (1882). After him are Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Bronisław Malinowski (1884), and Klaus Kinski (1926).

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Among CHEMISTS In Poland

Among chemists born in Poland, Walther Nernst ranks 3. Before him are Fritz Haber (1868), and Tadeusz Reichstein (1897). After him are Kurt Alder (1902), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Casimir Funk (1884), Antoni Grabowski (1857), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Richard Abegg (1869), and Ignacy Mościcki (1867).

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