The Austrian zoologist Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) is noted for his studies of insect behavior and sensory physiology. His most famous discovery was that honeybees communicate by waggle dancing. Karl von Frisch was born on November 20, 1886, in Vienna,...

Karl von Frisch won the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his pioneering work in the field of animal physiology and behavior. Frisch was a leading researcher in the study of insect behavior, and his studies proved that fish have acute hearing and that bees...

1886-1982 Austrian zoologist who won a Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1973 for his studies of sensory discrimination and communication in bees. Frisch became interested in bees while a graduate student in biology. He trained bees to respond...

Karl Ritter von Frisch (November 20 1886 – June 12 1982) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz. He studied zoology with Richard von Hertwig whom...

FROM MARCH 1960 to the end of October 1989 Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler attacked West Germany and "Western imperialism" with his weekly broadcast on East German television. His programme, Der Schwarze Kanal ("The Black Channel"), lasted 20 minutes and employed the formula, developed by...

Kai-Uwe von Hassel was regarded as an outstanding representative of the Protestant majority of the north German Christian Democratic Union (CDU). His first top job was as Minister-President, or head of government, of Schleswig- Holstein, in 1954-62. He was campaign manager in the election...