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Noun: Frisch  frish
  1. Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)
    - Karl von Frisch
     
  2. 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
     
  3. Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973)
    - Ragnar Frisch, Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch

Type of: animal scientist, economic expert, economist, nuclear physicist, zoologist

Encyclopedia: Frisch, Gary