Associations to the word «Frisch»

Dictionary definition

FRISCH, noun. 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).
FRISCH, noun. Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973).
FRISCH, noun. Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley