Tinbergen

[ tin-bur-guhn; Dutch tin-ber-khuhn, -khuh ]

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noun

Jan [yahn], 1903–94, Dutch economist: Nobel Prize 1969.
his brother Ni·ko·laas [nik, -, uh, -l, uh, s, nee, -koh-lahs], Niko, 1907–88, British ethologist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize in medicine 1973.

Tinbergen

/ ˈtɪnˌbɜːɡən /

noun

TinbergenJan19031994MDutchSOCIAL SCIENCE: economist Jan (jæn). 1903–94, Dutch economist, noted for his work on econometrics. He shared (1969) the first Nobel prize for economics with Ragnar Frisch
TinbergenNikolaas19071988MBritishDutchSCIENCE: zoologist his brother, Nikolaas (ˈnɪkələs). 1907–88, British zoologist, born in the Netherlands; studied animal behaviour, esp instincts, and was one of the founders of ethology; Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1973

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For example, given a choice between a bigger and spottier counterfeit egg and the real thing, Tinbergen found birds preferred hyperbolic fakes at the cost of neglecting their own offspring.

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