Békésy
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Békésy
(Hungarian ˈbeːkeʃɪ)n
(Biography) 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
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