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Alfvén

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Alf·vén  (äl-vn), Hannes Olof Gösta 1908-1995.
Swedish physicist. He won a 1970 Nobel Prize for his theories on plasma physics.

Alfvén [alˈven]
n
(Biographies / Alfvén, Hannes Olaf Gösta (1908-1995) M, Swedish, SCIENCE: physicist) Hannes Olaf Gösta (ˈhannɛs ˈuːlaf ˈjøsta). 1908-95, Swedish physicist, noted for his research on magnetohydrodynamics; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1970


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