Olof Johannesson ( Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén ) - Swedish author - 1908-1995

has been translated into English and Hungarian

English titleSwedish titletranslatorpublishedformatpublisherISBN
The Great Computer*Sagan om den Stora DatamaskinenWalford, Naomi( 1966 ) 1968h/bVictor Gollancz ( UK ) / Coward-McCann ( US )0575000597 / 9780575000599 & none


  • also published as 'The Tale of the Big Computer' & 'The End of Man?'

The Hannes Alfvén Prize, awarded annually by the European Physical Society for outstanding contributions in plasma physics, is named after him.

The asteroid 1778 Alfvén is named in his honour.