Karl von Frisch (1886–1982)
Teoksen The Dancing Bees: An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee tekijä
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The Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch achieved international recognition for his pioneer research on sense functions in fish and for his discovery of the "language" of bees. In The Dancing Bees, von Frisch explains how these insects are able to communicate the direction, quantity, and quality of näytä lisää food through dances. As a student, von Frisch studied medicine and zoology in Vienna and Munich. In 1910 he joined the faculty of the University of Munich and was associated with it intermittently until his retirement as professor of zoology in 1958. He also spent many years as the director of the zoological institutes in Rostock, Breslau, and Munich and was active in the international scientific community, lecturing in the United States and Europe. In 1959 von Frisch was awarded the Kalinga Prize and in 1963 a Balzan Prize. In 1973 he shared the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine for his contributions in sociobiology. Von Frisch died at the age of 96, ending a productive and rewarding life. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Biologie. 2. Band 4 kappaletta
Das kleine Insektenbuch 2 kappaletta
Il linguaggio delle api 1 kappale
Deel I 1 kappale
Deel II 1 kappale
Fünf Häuser am See 1 kappale
Biologie. 1. Band 1 kappale
Verstandliche Wissenschaft 1 kappale
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- Kanoninen nimi
- Frisch, Karl von
- Virallinen nimi
- Frisch, Karl Ritter von
- Muut nimet
- Фриш, Карл фон
- Syntymäaika
- 1886-11-20
- Kuolinaika
- 1982-06-12
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Austria
- Asuinpaikat
- Vienna, Austria
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Rostock, Germany
Graz, Austria - Koulutus
- University of Vienna (PhD|Zoology|1910)
- Ammatit
- professor
ethologist - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine, 1973)
Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1952)
Balzan Prize for Biology (1962)
Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science (1958)
Balzan Prize (Biology, 1962) - Erotteluhuomautus
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