Torstein Kristen Fossan Jøssang (born 31 October 1933) is a Norwegian physicist.
He was born in Jørpeland. He took the cand.real. at the University of Oslo in 1962 and took the dr.philos. degree at the same institution in 1968, following a research tenure at Ohio State University from 1963 to 1966. He has also been a guest scholar in Shenyang, Tel Aviv, Gainesville, Florida and Ponca City, Oklahoma.[1][2]
He became an associate professor of physics at the University in Oslo in 1969 and professor in 1987.[1] He has cooperated closely with physicist Jens Feder.[3] He led the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters' Centre for Advanced Study from 1993 to 2000, and has edited the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences journal Physica Scripta.[1]
He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[4] and the Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres.[1]
He resides at Blommenholm.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "75 år 31. oktober: Professor dr.philos. Torstein Jøssang" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 15 October 2008.
- ^ "Torstein Jøssang". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ Lippestad, Jenny (31 January 1999). "Professor Jens Feder: Med stø hånd i fysikkfaget". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 15.
- ^ "Gruppe 2: Fysikk, astronomi, geofysikk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ "Torstein Jøssang 60 år 31. oktober" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 October 1993.
- ^ "Jubilanter". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 31 October 2013. p. 50.
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