Quote by: Hannes Alfven

I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.


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  • NameHannes Alfven
  • DescriptionSwedish electrical engineer and plasma physicist
  • AliasesHannes Olof Gösta Alfvén
  • BornMay 30, 1908
  • DiedApril 2, 1995
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionPhysicist; Astronomer; Astrophysicist; Engineer
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Physics; Polhem Prize