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watson

/ˈwɒt.sən/

Traduction: Nom propre désignant une famille de personnalités célèbres, notamment l'ingénieur téléphoniste qui assista Alexander Graham Bell, le psychologue fondateur du béhaviorisme, et le généticien qui codécouvrit la structure en double hélice de l'ADN.

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B2formalcommon/ˈwɒt.sən/

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A proper noun referring to a surname of notable individuals, including a telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell, a psychologist who founded behaviorism, and a geneticist who co-discovered the helical structure of DNA.

  • 🇫🇷Nom propre désignant une famille de personnalités célèbres, notamment l'ingénieur téléphoniste qui assista Alexander Graham Bell, le psychologue fondateur du béhaviorisme, et le généticien qui codécouvrit la structure en double hélice de l'ADN.
  1. Thomas A. Watson C1 formal american

    American telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments and received the first telephone call.

    • Watson was the assistant who famously heard Bell's first words over the telephone.
    • The first telephone call was made to Watson in 1876.
    • Watson's contributions were crucial to the invention of the telephone.

    🇫🇷Watson (Thomas A. Watson)

  2. John B. Watson C1 formal american

    American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing observable behavior over mental processes.

    • Watson's behaviorist manifesto changed the course of psychology.
    • He conducted the controversial 'Little Albert' experiment.
    • Watson argued that psychology should focus only on measurable behavior.

    🇫🇷John B. Watson (psychologue)

  3. James D. Watson C1 formal american

    American geneticist who co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA with Francis Crick in 1953.

    • Watson and Crick's model of DNA revolutionized biology.
    • He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
    • Watson's book 'The Double Helix' describes the discovery process.

    🇫🇷James D. Watson

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