Editing Richard R. Ernst (section)

== Education ==
He enrolled in the [[ETH Zurich|Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule]] (ETH) in Zurich to study chemistry and received his diploma in 1957 as a “Diplomierter Ingenieur Chemiker<nowiki>''</nowiki>.<ref>https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/chab/chab-dept/department/images/Emeriti/richard_ernst/Autobiography2010.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> He was disappointed in the course content, so conducted further research and taught himself quantum mechanics and thermodynamics in his spare time.<ref name=":2" /> After a break to complete his military service, Ernst earned his Ph.D. in [[physical chemistry]] in 1962<ref name=ernstphd>{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Richard R.|last=Ernst |title=Kernresonanz-Spektroskopie mit stochastischen Hochfrequenzfeldern |publisher=[[Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich]] |date=1962 |url=http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/view/eth:33063 |doi=10.3929/ethz-a-000091764|hdl=20.500.11850/133369 }}</ref> from ETH Zurich.<ref>[http://www.chab.ethz.ch/personen/emeritus/rernst Richard R. Ernst], ETH Zurich Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, http://www.chab.ethz.ch/personen/emeritus/rernst (Retrieved 18 April 2016)</ref> His dissertation was on [[nuclear magnetic resonance]] in the field of physical chemistry.<ref name=Nobel/>