Edward Mills Purcell
1912-
American physicist whose work led to the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (now known as magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI). Purcell was also one of the first...
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Born in Taylorville, Illinois, Edward Purcell attended public schools near his hometown before enrolling at Purdue University in 1929; he received his B.A. in electrical engineering from the universit...
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Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell