Per Bak

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Per Bak was a Danish theoretical physicist best known for developing the concept of self-organized criticality, which explains how complex systems naturally evolve to critical states.

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Per Bak canonical 2

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instanceOf Danish person ⓘ
human ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
authorOf How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality ⓘ
coAuthorWith Chao Tang ⓘ
Kurt Wiesenfeld ⓘ
coDeveloperOf Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile model ⓘ
countryOfBirth Denmark ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Denmark ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948-12-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-10-16 ⓘ
developedConcept self-organized criticality ⓘ
educatedAt Technical University of Denmark ⓘ
employer Brookhaven National Laboratory ⓘ
Imperial College London ⓘ
Niels Bohr Institute ⓘ
Nordita ⓘ
familyName Bak ⓘ
fieldOfWork complex systems ⓘ
condensed matter physics ⓘ
nonlinear dynamics ⓘ
statistical physics ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Per ⓘ
hasAcademicSpecialization critical phenomena ⓘ
fractal structures in nature ⓘ
phase transitions ⓘ
influenced complexity science ⓘ
earthquake modeling ⓘ
theoretical biology ⓘ
theory of 1⁄f noise ⓘ
knownFor applications of self-organized criticality to 1⁄f noise ⓘ
applications of self-organized criticality to biological evolution ⓘ
applications of self-organized criticality to earthquakes ⓘ
sandpile model ⓘ
self-organized criticality ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Danish ⓘ
English ⓘ
name Per Bak ⓘ
nationality Danish ⓘ
notableWork How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality ⓘ
placeOfBirth Roskilde ⓘ
placeOfDeath Copenhagen ⓘ
positionHeld professor ⓘ

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Per Bak → name → Per Bak ⓘ