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Walther Hermann Nernst



Nernst, Walther Hermann (1864–1941), German physical chemist awarded the 1920 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of the third law of thermodynamics, dealing with matter at temperatures approaching absolute zero.

See also: Thermodynamics.

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