• Torkel Weis-Fogh (25 March 1922 – 13 November 1975) was a Danish zoologist and Professor at the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen...
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  • and powerlifter Torkel S. Wächter, German-Swedish novelist and airline captain Torkel Weis-Fogh (1922–1975), Danish zoologist Torkel Wetterhus (born 1944)...
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    Bodil married another eminent physiologist, Knut Schmidt-Nielsen. Torkel Weis-Fogh, an eminent pioneer on the study of insect flight, was a student of...
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    flapping motion. Clap and fling, or the Weis-Fogh mechanism, discovered by the Danish zoologist Torkel Weis-Fogh, is a lift generation method utilized during...
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  • or pivot their wings efficiently. Resilin was first discovered by Torkel Weis-Fogh in locust wing-hinges. Resilin is currently the most efficient elastic...
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  • Gardiner (1909) James Gray (1937) Carl Frederick Abel Pantin (1959) Torkel Weis-Fogh (1966-1975) Gabriel Horn (1978) Malcolm Burrows (1996) Michael Akam...
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    by clap and fling, a mechanism discovered by the Danish zoologist Torkel Weis-Fogh in 1973. In the clap part of the cycle, the wings approach each other...
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  • Hubertus Strughold Paul K. Stumpf Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr. Anitra Thorhaug Caroline tum Suden Luca Turin Abby Howe Turner J. Scott Turner Torkel Weis-Fogh...
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    itself using a version of the clap and fling mechanism described by Torkel Weis-Fogh in small insects such as thrips. Another aspect of locomotion by Limacina...
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    locust locomotion at the University of Oxford and at the invitation of Torkel Weis-Fogh, moved back to Cambridge. He was an editor at the Journal of Experimental...
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