John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician. He was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977.[2]
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Died | October 27, 1980 | (aged 81)
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison Harvard University |
Known for | Crystal field theory Van Vleck paramagnetism Van Vleck transformations Van Vleck formula (propagator) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin–Madison Harvard University University of Oxford Balliol College, Oxford |
Doctoral students | Robert Serber Edward Mills Purcell Philip Anderson Thomas Kuhn John Atanasoff Arianna Rosenbluth Carol Jane Anger Rieke |
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Media
Van Vleck (left) receives the Lorentz Medal from Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam.