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Hannes Alfvén

Nobel Prize-winning physicist and pioneer of plasma physics

Did you know?Despite winning a Nobel Prize, he was a vocal critic of the Big Bang theory and proposed an alternative plasma-based model.

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (Swedish:; 30 May 1908 – 2 April 1995) was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). He described the class of MHD waves now known as Alfvén waves.

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Age at death: 86
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Born: May 30, 1908 · Norrköping Saint Olof parish, Sweden
Died: April 2, 1995
Nationality: Swedish
Known for: Science, Technology, Literature

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Father: Johannes Alfvén
Mother: Anna-Clara Romanus-Alfvén
Spouse: Kerstin Alfvén
Children: Gösta Alfvén, Inger Alfvén

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