Richard r ernst biography samples

by Luisa Bonolis

Richard R. Ernst

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1991 "for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy".

A Thesis in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Richard Ernst was born in 1933 in Winterthur, Switzerland.

At the age of 13, his interest in chemistry was sparked by a case of chemicals he found in the attic of his home. The chemicals had belonged to a deceased uncle who had been a metallurgical engineer. At that time, the young Ernst was fond of music; he played violoncello and tried musical composition, but as he recalled in his Nobel lecture, when he discovered the magic of chemistry, an exciting period of his life began: “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.

Richard R. Ernst – Biographical - ZEXAW