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= Georg von Békésy
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Georg von Békésy was a Hungarian biophysicist who made significant contributions to the understanding of the mechanics of the inner ear and the perception of sound. Born on August 3, 1899, in Budapest, Hungary, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1961 for his research on the physical mechanisms of auditory perception.