Edward Mills Purcell quotes
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist renowned for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance. This breakthrough had a profound impact on physics, chemistry, and medicine. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering contributions to science. Here are 8 of his quotes:
I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that this delicate motion should reside in all the ordinary things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it. I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes. There the snow lay around my doorstep - great heaps of protons quietly precessing in the earth's magnetic field. To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery.
Edward Mills Purcell
It is an old story in physics that higher resolving power leads to new effects. We remember that the magnetic moment of the nucleus was itself discovered through the hyperfine structure of lines in the visible spectrum. The nuclear resonance line in a liquid or gas can be remarkably narrow, as you have already seen. As soon as the reason for this was recognized, it became clear that the only practical limit on resolution was the inhomogeneity of the magnetic field applied to the specimen.
Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell
Occupation: American ScientistBorn: August 30, 1912
Died: March 7, 1997
Quotes count: 8
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