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Van Allen, James Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Van Allen, James Alfred, 1914–2006, American physicist and space scientist, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. A graduate (Ph.D 1939) of and professor of physics (1951–85) at what is now the Univ. of Iowa, where...Barneveldt, Johan van Olden
(Encyclopedia)Barneveldt, Johan van Olden: see Oldenbarneveldt, Johan van. ...Roger van der Weyden
(Encyclopedia)Roger van der Weyden: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...Van der Weyden, Roger
(Encyclopedia)Van der Weyden, Roger: see Weyden, Roger van der. ...Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen
(Encyclopedia)Janssen, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...Dyck, Sir Anthony van
(Encyclopedia)Dyck, Sir Anthony van: see Van Dyck, Sir Anthony. ...Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen
(Encyclopedia)Jonson, Cornelis van Ceulen: see Janssens, Cornelis van Ceulen. ...Van der Goes, Hugo
(Encyclopedia)Van der Goes, Hugo: see Goes, Hugo van der. ...Keppel, Arnold Joost van
(Encyclopedia)Keppel, Arnold Joost van: see Albemarle, Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st earl of. ...Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck
(Encyclopedia)Van Vleck, John Hasbrouck, 1899–1980, American physicist, b. Middletown, Conn., Ph.D. Harvard, 1922. As a professor at Harvard, Van Vleck developed fundamental theories on the quantum mechanics of m...Browse by Subject
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