September 10th is the anniversary of the death of Felix Bloch, who died in 1983, in the city of Zurich, his birthplace. Bloch was a Swiss physicist who dedicated his career to the study of nuclear magnetism.
In 1952, Bloch was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Edward Purcell. The two scientists received the prize for the development of new methods for precise measurement of nuclear magnetism.
Bloch's work was fundamental for the development of magnetic resonance, a technique that revolutionized medicine and continues to be widely used today for imaging diagnostics.
The date of September 10th serves as a moment to remember Bloch's significant contribution to science and to modern medicine.
