Per Bak
Per Bak was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality."
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- Born in
- Denmark
- Educated at
- Technical University of Denmark
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Physical Society
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1948
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