Richard Ernst
Richard Ernst
Richard Robert Ernstis a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth15 August 1933
CountrySwitzerland
air parent house
I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents.
book home hands
However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books from our home library that did not provide much reliable information, and then I emptied the rather extensive city library.
believe artist feelings
Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I finished my thesis in 1962 with a feeling like an artist balancing on a high rope without any interested spectators.