Hannes Alfvén

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (May 30, 1908; Norrköping,

Early years

In 1934, he taught physics at both the University of Uppsala and the Nobel Institute for Physics in Stockholm. In 1940, he became professor of electromagnetic theory and electrical measurements at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. In 1945, he acquired the nonappointive Chair of Electronics at Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. It was changed to a Chair of Plasma Physics in 1963. In 1967, after leaving Sweden and spending some time in the Soviet Union, he moved to America. He worked in the departments of electrical engineering at two universities, the University of California, San Diego and the University of Southern California.

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1934 - Physics - University of Uppsala - Nobel Institute for Physics - Stockholm - 1940 - Royal Institute of Technology - 1945 - Chair of Electronics - Chair of Plasma Physics - 1963 - 1967 - Sweden - Soviet Union - Electrical engineering - University of California, San Diego - University of Southern California

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Alfvén considered himself an electrical power engineer. During his scientific career, prior to winning the Nobel Prize, Alfvén was not generally recognized as a leading innovator in the scientific community (though they were using his work). He enjoyed the assertion that he was guilty of a fault or offence by the entry into areas not previously explored in astrophysics leveled by other cosmologists and theoreticians.

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Nobel Prize - Astrophysics - Cosmologist - Theoretician

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