Birthdate: June 3, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: June 13, 1972
Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian-American biophysicist renowned for his groundbreaking research on the function of the cochlea in mammalian hearing. He utilized innovative methods such as strobe photography and silver flakes to observe how the basilar membrane responds to sound stimulation, elucidating the processing of different sound frequencies in the cochlea. His studies highlighted how sound wave frequencies are localized in specific cochlear regions before activating nerve fibers to convey signals to the brain. In 1961, he was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his significant contributions to our understanding of auditory physiology.
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