Karl von Frisch
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1886 – 1982
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Who was Karl von Frisch?
Karl Ritter von Frisch, ForMemRS was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.
His work centered on investigations of the sensory perceptions of the honey bee and he was one of the first to translate the meaning of the waggle dance. His theory was disputed by other scientists and greeted with skepticism at the time. Only recently was it definitively proved to be an accurate theoretical analysis.
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1886
Vienna - Also known as
- Karl Frisch
- Nationality
- Austria
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Jun 12, 1982
Munich
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on July 23, 2013
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