1864–1941 German chemist, whose heat theorem came to be known as the third law of thermodynamics; one of the pioneers of the new discipline of physical chemistry.
Keywords: electrochemistry; heat theorem; third law; thermodynamics
Nernst, Walther Hermann
John Shorter, University of Hull, Hull, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002888
| Further Reading | |
| book Nernst W (1893) Theoretische Chemie vom Standpunkte der Avogadroschen Regel und der Thermodynamik. Leipzig, Germany. [English edition translated by Palmer CS (1895) Theoretical Chemistry. London: Macmillan.] | |
| book Nernst W (1918) Die theoretischen und experimentellen Grundlagen des neuen Wärmesatzes. Halle, Germany: Knapp. [English edition translated by Barr G (1926) The New Heat Theorem. London: Methuen. Reprinted in 1969 by Dover Publications, New York.] | |
| book Mendelssohn K (1973) The World of Walther Nernst: the Rise and Fall of German Science 1864–1941. London: Macmillan. | |
