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Georg Von Békésy

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Gender Male
Death51 years ago
Date of birth June 3,1899
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Budapest
Hungary
Date of died June 13,1972
DiedHonolulu
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
NationalityAmerican
Hungarian
Known forCochlea
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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.

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