Walther Nernst and the Transition to Modern Physical Science (review)

This scientific biography of the German physical chemist Walther Nernst (1864-1941) is not a heroic tale, but instead, as its title suggests, a finely textured account of a complex transition to a new domain of research. Nernst is best known for his heat theorem, published in early 1906 and today commonly called the Third Law of Thermodynamics. The Third Law became a foundation of physical chemistry and solid-state physics. It also furnished scientists with a means to calculate chemical equilibria, a matter of immense theoretical importance and practical value

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