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Van Vleck

American  
[van vlek] / væn ˈvlɛk /

noun

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


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Van Vleck and fellow clubhouse manager Chris DeWitt figured out a plan to transport the trident.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

The stalwarts included Harvard University’s John Van Vleck, even though he had trained many of the leaders of the next generation, including Anderson.

From Nature • Sep. 17, 2018

Cattle graze on hay in a landscape that would normally be covered in green grass on the Van Vleck Ranch in Rancho Murieta, California, Feb. 12, 2014.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2015

Today, at 31, Robinson handles clients that run the gamut from start-up companies to Fortune 500 firms at Van Vleck Turner & Zaller, also in L.A.

From Time • Oct. 8, 2014

Dr. Van Vleck, having learned “the ropes,” is competent to expose them; and he is doing it in many interesting public lectures and illustrations.

From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)