Quote of the day
when asked if she'd enjoyed a cocktail party: Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.
Karl von Frisch
Born: November 20, 1886
Died: June 12, 1982 (aged 95)
Bio: Karl Ritter von Frisch, ForMemRS was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.
Known for:
- The dance language and orientation of bees (1967)
- Aus dem Leben der Bienen (1927)
- Ten little housemates (1960)