Hannes Alfvén

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

Later years

In 1991, Alfvén retired his posts of professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, San Diego and professor of plasma physics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm .

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1991 - Professor - University of California, San Diego - Plasma physics - Royal Institute of Technology

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Alfvén spent his life alternating between California and Sweden. He died when he was 86 years old.

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California - Sweden

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The asteroid 1778 Alfvén was named in his honour.

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Asteroid - 1778 Alfvén

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