1. Karl von, Wien 20.11.1886, +München 12.6.1982, österreich. Zoologe. F. erforschte die Sinnesphysiologie, bes. seine Arbeiten über 'Tanzsprache und Orientierung der Bienen' (1965) waren bahnbrechend. 1973 erhielt er den Nobelpreis für Medizin.
2. Max, Zürich 15.5.1911, +ebd. 4.4.1991, schweizer. Schriftsteller. F., der neben Dürrenmatt bedeutendste schweizer. Erzähler und Dramatiker der Gegenwart, vertritt in seinem Werk einen kompromißlosen, krit. Humanismus. Die Hauptfiguren seiner Romane sind 'Aussteiger' aus der bürgerl. Gesellschaft; u.a. 'Stiller' (1954), 'Homo Faber' (1957). Sein Drama 'Andorra' (1962) stellt exemplar. die Mechanismen von Vorurteil und Isolation dar.
1. Slightly cold; SYN. cold, fresh, dank, chilled, chilly.
2. Neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat.
3. Psychologically cool; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike.
4. Calm and unemotional.
5. Disinterested or dispassionate.
6. (Music) Restrained and fluid and marked by intricate harmonic structures often lagging slightly behind the beat.
7. Marked by calm self-control especially in trying circumstances; SYN. coolheaded, nerveless.
8. (Color) Inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets.
9. (Informal) Marked by great skill or facility.
10. (Informal; of a number or sum) Without exaggeration or qualification; SYN. unqualiied.
11. (Informal) Socially adept.
1. (Of a cycle) Beginning or occurring again.
2. Having recently calved and therefore able to give milk.
3. Improperly forward or bold; SYN. impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy.
4. Not canned or otherwise preserved.
5. Not containing or composed of salt water.
6. Not soured or preserved; SYN. sweet.
7. Not stale or old.
8. Not yet used or soiled; SYN. unused.
9. Of a kind not seen before; SYN. new, novel.
10. With restored energy; SYN. invigorated, refreshed, reinvigorated.
11. Not artificial.
Recently, lately; in a fresh way, vigorously
Karl von, 1886, 1982, östr. Zoologe; wies erstmalig bei Tieren (Honigbienen) den Farbensinn nach, erforschte die »Sprache« der Bienen; Nobelpreis 1973.
(1886-1982) Austrian zoologist, founder with Konrad Lorenz of ethology, the study of animal behavior. He specialized in bees, discovering how they communicate the location of sources of nectar by movements called “dances”. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1973 together with Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen.
Werke: Dramen: »Biedermann u. die Brandstifter«, »Andorra«; Romane: »Stiller«, »Homo Faber«, »Mein Name sei Gantenbein«.
(1911-) Swiss dramatist. Inspired by Brecht, his early plays such as Als der Krieg zu Ende war/When the War Is Over 1949 are more romantic in tone than his later symbolic dramas, such as Andorra 1962, dealing with questions of identity. He wrote Biedermann und die Brandstifter/The Fire Raisers 1958.
Ragnar Anton Kittil, 1895, 1973, norw. Nationalökonom (Arbeiten über die Entwicklung u. Anwendung dynam. Modelle zur Analyse wirtsch. Abläufe); Nobelpreis (zus. mit J. Tinbergen) 1969.
(1895-1973) Norwegian economist, pioneer of econometrics (the application of mathematical and statistical methods in economics). He shared the first Nobel Prize for Economics in 1969 with Jan Tinbergen.