1. Berg, H. C. and E. M. Purcell (1977). “Physics of Chemoreception.” Biophysical Journal 20: 193–219.
2. Bloembergen, N., E. M. Purcell, and R. V. Pound (1948). “Relaxation Effects in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption.” Physical Review 73: 679–712. (Often referred to as BPP.)
3. Ewen, H. I. and E. M. Purcell (1951). “Observation of a Line in the Galactic Radio Spectrum: Radiation from Galactic Hydrogen at 1,420 Mc./sec.” Nature 168: 356–358.
4. Mattson, James and Merrill Simon (1996). “Edward M. Purcell.” In The Pioneers of NMR and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Ramat Gan, Israel: Bar-Ilan University, pp. 171–260. (Purcell said he was pleased with this account and that it accurately reflected his scientific endeavors.)
5. Pound, Robert V. (2000). “Edward Mills Purcell.” Biographical Memoirs, National Academy of Sciences 78: 183–204.