hiː ɐtˈɛndᵻd ðə sˈɪɾiz wˈoʊhlɚ ɹˌiːəldʒɪmnˈeɪsiəm hˈaɪ skˈuːl, ænd ðˈɛn wɛnt ˌɔn tə stˈʌdi æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv fɹˈæŋkfɜːt, fˈɪzɪks, mˌæθɪmˈæɾɪks, ænd dʒˌiːoʊsˈaɪənsᵻz.
He attended the city’s Woehler Realgymnasium High School, and then went on to study at the University of Frankfurt, physics, mathematics, and geosciences.