Frisch (redirected from Frisch, Karl von)

Frisch [frɪʃ]

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1. (Biographies / Frisch, Karl von (1886-1982) M, Austrian, SCIENCE: zoologist) Karl von. 1886-1982, Austrian zoologist; studied animal behaviour, esp of bees; shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973

2. (Biographies / Frisch, Max (1911-1991) M, Swiss, THEATRE: dramatist, WRITING: novelist) Max (maks). 1911-91, Swiss dramatist and novelist. His works are predominantly satirical and include the plays Biedermann und die Brandstifter (1953) and Andorra (1961), and the novel Stiller (1954)

3. (Biographies / Frisch, Otto (1904-1979) M, Britishnational of birth: Austrian, SCIENCE: physicist) Otto. 1904-79, British nuclear physicist, born in Austria, who contributed to the development of the first atomic bomb

4. (Biographies / Frisch, Ragnar (Anton Kittil) (1895-1973) M, Norwegian, SOCIAL SCIENCE: economist) Ragnar (Anton Kittil). 1895-1973, Norwegian economist, who pioneered the study of econometrics and greatly influenced the management of the Norwegian economy from 1945: shared the first Nobel prize for economics (1969) with Jan Tinbergen

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Noun	1.	Frisch - British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979) Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch
	2.	Frisch - Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Ragnar Frisch
	3.	Frisch - Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982) Karl von Frisch