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John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)

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John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

American physicist and mathematician (1899–1980)

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician. He was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977, for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids.
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Nobel Prize in Physics

One of five prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and…
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