Van Vleck

American  

[van vlek] / væn ˈvlɛk /

noun

1. John H(asbrouck) 1899–1980, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1977.

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Example Sentences

Van Vleck has not been charged in the case.

From Seattle Times

Returning to Harvard for graduate work, he studied the effects of pressure on the broadening of spectral lines, mentored by John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, one of those with whom he shared the Nobel prize.

From Nature

“Corby was one of the most important researchers for making computing available to many people for many purposes,” MIT colleague Tom Van Vleck said in the university announcement of Dr. Corbató’s death.

From Washington Post

The 32-room property, open since April 1, was originally built in 1902 as the private home of Charles Van Vleck, a wealthy local businessman.

From New York Times

The conservative Van Vleck was unhappy about the direction that the United States — and with it physics — was going.

From Nature