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  Term: Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta
  Definition: A pioneering Swedish plasma physicist (born: May 30, 1908; died: April 2, 1995), Hannes Alfvén won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions and fundamental discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics. For further biographical information: http://www.alfvenlab.kth.se/hannes.html

Contributor: Bonnie Nestor Submitted: 2/4/2000
Email: nestormb@ornl.gov Modified: 11/1/2008

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