Bessel

[ bes-uhl ]

noun

1. Frie·drich Wil·helm [free, -drik , wil, -helm, free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm], 1784–1846, German astronomer.

Bessel

/ ˈbɛsəl /

noun

1. BesselFriedrich Wilhelm17841846MGermanSCIENCE: astronomerSCIENCE: mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star's distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics

Example Sentences

The psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, in his pioneering research on the effects of sustained trauma, showed patients the famous Rorschach inkblots test.

From Slate

The idea for the joint research project arose over the course of several visits by Professor Royall, recipient of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to Professor Dr Hartmut Löwen at HHU.

From Science Daily

After meditating on Dr. Goulston's insights, I looked at my copy of Bessel A. van der Kolk's book "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma", and reread some of the chapters and passages that I have bookmarked and highlighted:

From Salon

"The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel van der Kolk helped him understand and cope with trauma.

From Salon

Ms. Perel, 64, hardly needed an introduction — she is the world’s best-known relationship expert, so familiar that her fans stop her on the streets of New York — but the host of her talk, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of “The Body Keeps the Score,” made one anyway.

From New York Times