Per Bak Scientist

Per Bak (December 8, 1948 – October 16, 2002) was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality."

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 08, 1948
Birth place
Brønderslev , Denmark
Nationality
Danes
Date of deathOctober 16, 2002
Place of death
Copenhagen , Denmark
Residence
United Kingdom , Denmark , United States
Education
Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy
Technical University of Denmark
Known for
Self-organized criticality
Abelian sandpile model

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Scientist

doctoral student
Kim Sneppen
Sergei Maslov (physicist)
Field of study
Physicist

Per Bak on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/2006/02/rx_sand_piles_a.html
  2. http://3quarksdaily.com
  3. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v420/n6913/full/420284a.html