Category: ‘Scientists’

Walther Hermann Nernst

July 3, 2011

Walther Hermann Nernst was born in Briesen, West Prussia, on June 25, 1864. His father, Gustav Nernst, was a district judge. He spent his early school years (Gymnasium) at Graudentz, and subsequently went to the Universities of ... Read More...

Nernst Equation

July 3, 2011

The Nernst equation was named after the German chemist Walther Nernst who established very useful relations between the energy or potential of a cell to the concentrations of participating ions. This equation can be derived from... Read More...

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen-Biography

July 2, 2011

Bunsen was born on March 31, 1811 in Göttingen, Germany, the youngest of four sons. As his father was a professor of modern languages at the university, an academic environment would surround him from birth. After schooling in... Read More...

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