Walther Nernst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walther Nernst

German physical chemist and physicist

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1864

Place of Birth: Wąbrzeźno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1941

Profession: physicist, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Poland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Walther Hermann Nernst (25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid state physics.
His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
He is also known for developing the Nernst equation in 1887.