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On June 21, 1868, English zoologist Edwin Stephen Goodrich was born. As a promising student at the Slade School of Art, Goodrich became interested in zoology eventually specializing in comparative anatomy – a study that uses the data and achievements … Continue reading →
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Seeing the Hear
On June 3, 1899, chemist and experimental physicist Georg von Békésy was born in Hungary. Exploring how best to improve a telephone earpiece, he studied the ear as the prime component for refining a telephone transmission system. Intrigued by … Continue reading
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Tagged basilar membrane, Békésy, ear, Georg Békésy, Georg von Békésy, June 3, On This Day, Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory at Harvard, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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