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Hannes Alfvén

Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908-1995), winner of the 1970 nobel prize for physics.

Born May 30th, 1908 in Norrköping. [ref]

Died April 2nd, 1995 at 86 years old in Danderyd parish. [ref]

Occupations
astronomer, astrophysicist, electrical engineer, engineer, physicist, science fiction writer, university teacher
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