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Hannes Alfvén
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Hannes_Alfvén
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater
gptkb:Uppsala_University
gptkbp:awardReceived
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Lomonosov_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate
1908-05-30
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Norrköping,_Sweden
gptkbp:children
5
gptkbp:deathDate
1995-04-02
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:Djursholm,_Sweden
gptkbp:field
astrophysics
electrical engineering
plasma physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Hannes Alfvén
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:cosmology
plasma physics
space physics
gptkbp:knownFor
gptkb:Alfvén_waves
magnetohydrodynamics
gptkbp:memberOf
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality
Swedish
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation
for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear
1970
gptkbp:occupation
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:publishedIn
gptkb:Cosmic_Plasma
gptkb:On_the_Origin_of_the_Solar_System
gptkb:The_Great_Computer:_A_Vision
Evolution of the Solar System
gptkbp:religion
atheism
gptkbp:spouse
gptkb:Kerstin_Alfvén
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5