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n. - German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941).

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  • The exact measurements of specific heats at low temperatures made in Nernst's laboratory have shown that the
  • Nernst was awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • Both van 't Hoff and Nernst greatly influenced his scientific development.
  • Walther Hermann Nernst was born in Briesen, West Prussia, on June 25, 1864.
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