"Soon, I knew that I would become a……" — Richard Ernst
"Soon, I knew that I would become a chemist, rather than a composer."
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13 Quotes by Richard Ernst
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However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th…
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Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal…
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I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature.
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I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions,…
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In recent years, more and more of my time has become absorbed by administrative work for the research council of…
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My father, Robert Ernst, was teaching as an architect at the technical high school of our city.
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On the theoretical side, I was concerned with stochastic resonance.
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I thus decided to leave the university forever and tried to find an industrial job in the United States.
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A brief visit to Nepal started my insatiable love for Asian art.
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I recognized that teaching and research institutions vitally depend on the involvement of active scientists also in management functions.
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I am not surprised that they show no intention to follow in my footsteps, although if I had a second…
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Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I…
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