Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics. Hannes Alfvén was born on 30 May 1908 in what is now Sweden. Hannes Alfvén is remembered as a physicist, astronomer and astrophysicist, a citizen of Sweden. Notable works include “The Great Computer. A Vision” and “The End of Man?”.
Before and after
- 5 April 1908Birth of Bette Davis
- 15 May 1908Founding of International Ice Hockey Federation
- 20 May 1908Birth of James Stewart
- 28 May 1908Birth of Ian Fleming
- 30 May 1908Birth of Hannes Alfvén
- 22 June 1908Red Flag Incident
- 24 June 1908Death of Grover Cleveland
- 26 June 1908Birth of Salvador Allende
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
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