Georg von Békésy

Georg von Békésy

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1961

Harvard University

“for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea”

Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea. He was affiliated with Harvard University when awarded.

Field
Biology · Physiology
Lifespan
1899–1972