Georg Von Békésy
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 52 years ago |
Date of birth | June 3,1899 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Budapest |
Hungary | |
Date of died | June 13,1972 |
Died | Honolulu |
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Field | Biophysics |
Job | Physicist |
Education | University of Bern |
Eötvös Loránd University | |
Books | Sensory inhibition |
Experiments in Hearing | |
ASA Gold Medal | |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
ASA Gold Medal | |
Nationality | American |
Hungarian | |
Known for | Cochlea |
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ID | 461322 |
Georg Von Békésy Life story
Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist. By using strobe photography and silver flakes as a marker, he was able to observe that the basilar membrane moves like a surface wave when stimulated by sound.