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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Edward M. Purcell

Title:

Professor of Physics

Affiliation:

Harvard University

Cambridge,Massachusetts 02138 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

1997

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1979

Citation:

"For contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance in condensed matter and the measurement of interstellar magnetic fields."

Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.

Nobel Laureate:

Physics, 1952

 

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