I Thus Decided To Leave

My Father, Robert Ernst, Was Teaching As An Architect At The Technical High School Of Our City.

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.

On The Theoretical Side, I Was Concerned With Stochastic Resonance.

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.

Thus, After Finishing High School, I Started With High Expectations And Enthusiasm To Study Chemistry At The Famous Swiss Federal Institute Of Technology In Zurich.