Per Bak | |
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| Born | 8 December 1948 Brønderslev, Denmark |
| Died | 16 October 2002 (aged 53) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Denmark Risø National Laboratory |
| Known for | Self-organized criticality Bak–Sneppen model Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Brookhaven National Laboratory University of Copenhagen Santa Fe Institute Niels Bohr Institute Imperial College London |
Per Bak (8 December 1948 – 16 October 2002) was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality."