Alfvén, Hannes, 1908-1995
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Name (Hebrew)
אלפוון, האנס, 1908-1995
Name (Latin)
Alfvén, Hannes, 1908-1995
Other forms of name
Alfvén, H. (Hannes), 1908-1995
Alʹfven, Kh., 1908-1995
Alʹven, G., 1908-1995
Alʹven, Kh. (Khannes), 1908-1995
Alʹven, Khannes, 1908-1995
Johannesson, Olof, 1908-1995
Date of birth
1908-05-30
Date of death
1995-04-02
Associated country
Sweden
Field of activity
Electrical engineering
Magnetohydrodynamics
Plasma (Ionized gases)
Occupation
College teachers
Electrical engineers
Physicists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Cosmical electrodynamics, 1963:title page (Hannes Alfvén, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)
- His Investigations on the ultra-short electro-magnetic waves, 1934.
- LCCN 50-7796: His Cosmical electrodynamics, 1950(hdg.: Alfvén, Hannes, 1908- ; variant: Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén)
- LCCN A60-416: Max-Planck-Festschrift 1958, 1969(hdg.: Alfvén, Hannes, 1908- : usage: H. Alfvén)
- New York Times, 4/5/95:p. C20 (Hannes Alfven, 86, founder of field in physics; d. 4/2/95 in Djursholm, Sweden)
- Voprosy fiziki i ėvoli︠u︡t︠s︡ii kosmosa, 1978t.p. (Kh. Alʹven) p. 443 (Alʹven, Khannes)
- Hannes Alfvén; Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (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); born in Norrköping, Sweden; died in Djursholm, Sweden; institutions: University of Uppsala, Royal Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Southern California ( (Wikipedia, viewed April 24, 2019) )