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In what year did Felix Bloch receive the Nobel Prize?

  • 1942

  • 1963

  • 1952

  • 1970

Answer

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Felix Bloch in 1952 alongside Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith." Their work laid the foundation for the fields of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which have become indispensable tools in chemistry, biology, and medicine.
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