Per Bak
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 23 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 8,1948 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Bronderslev |
| Denmark | |
| Date of died | October 16,2002 |
| Died | Copenhagen |
| Denmark | |
| Known for | Self-organized criticality |
| Abelian sandpile model | |
| Job | Theoretical Physicist |
| Education | Technical University of Denmark |
| Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy | |
| Awards | Eckersberg Medal |
| Thorvaldsen Medal | |
| Current partner | Maya Paczuski |
| Books | Maya Paczuski |
| How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality | |
| Notable student | Mogens Høgh Jensen |
| Interests | Critical Phenomena |
| Complex Systems | |
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| ID | 1154541 |
Per Bak Life story
Per Bak was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality."
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