Békésy

[ bey-kuh-shee; Hungarian bey-key-shi ]

noun

1. Ge·org von [gey, -awrg von, ge, -o, r, g fawn]. Von Békésy, Georg.

Békésy

/ ˈbeːkeʃɪ /

noun

1. BékésyGeorg von18991972MUSHungarianSCIENCE: physicist Georg von (ˈɡeːɔrk fɔn). 1899–1972, US physicist, born in Hungary; noted for his work on the mechanism of hearing: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1961

Example Sentences

Georg von Bekesy, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1961 for discovering how sounds affect the sensory cells of the inner ear, told a younger colleague that significant discoveries require studying a phenomenon under as many different conditions and with as many measures as possible in order to avoid a premature and incorrect conclusion.

From Salon

Dr. Georg von Bekesy, 73, Hungarian-born physicist and winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in medicine for his research on the human ear; of cancer; in Honolulu.

From Time Magazine Archive

Von Bekesy was a scientist employed by a Budapest telephone laboratory when he began his research into the physiological aspects of hearing during the '20s.

From Time Magazine Archive