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“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.”

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Richard Ernst, born on August 14, 1933, is a renowned chemist from Switzerland. He made groundbreaking contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, particularly in the development of two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Ernst's research has had a profound impact on the field of chemistry, earning him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991. more

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