Georg Von Békésy
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 53 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 3,1899 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Budapest |
| Hungary | |
| Date of died | June 13,1972 |
| Died | Honolulu |
| HI | |
| 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.