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Lo·renz

(lə-rĕnz′), Edward Norton 1917-2008.

American mathematician and meteorologist. He was a founder of chaos theory and formulated the idea now known as the butterfly effect.

Lo·renz

(lō′rĕnts′), Konrad Zacharias 1903-1989.

Austrian zoologist. He shared a 1973 Nobel Prize for his work on instinctive behavior in animals, especially the process of imprinting.

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Lorenz

(German ˈloːrɛnts)

(Biography) Konrad Zacharias (ˈkɔnraːt tsaxaˈriːas) 1903–89, Austrian zoologist, who founded ethology. His works include On Aggression (1966): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973

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Lo•renz

(ˈlɔr ənz, -ɛnts, ˈloʊr-)

n.

Konrad (Zacharias), 1903–89, Austrian zoologist: founder of ethology; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973.

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Lorenz - Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)

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