Person: Alfvén, Hannes

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Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of a Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Born 20 May 1908, Norrköping, Sweden. Died 2 April 1995, Djursholm, Sweden.

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Astronomy, Origin Sweden


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