Binaural beats were discovered in 1839 by a physicist by the name of Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. Heinrich Wilhelm Dove was born on October 6 1803 in Liegnitz, Prussia. He attended the University of Breslau for 3 years where he studied history, philosophy and natural sciences.

He then pursued further education at the University of Berlin from 1824 to 1826, and in 1838, Dove became an associate professor at the University of K