Nernst
[nairnst, nurnst; German nernst] /nɛərnst, nɜrnst; German nɛrnst/
noun
1.
Walther Herman
[vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
/German nɛrnst/
noun
1.
Walther Hermann (ˈvaltər ˈhɛrman). 1864–1941, German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics: Nobel prize for chemistry 1920
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