John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

thumb|right|Van Vleck (left) receives the Lorentz Medal from Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam (1974). John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist, co-awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Philip W. Anderson and Sir Nevill Mott, for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids. Quotes … one can still say that quantum mechanics is the key to understanding magnetism. When one enters the first room with this key there are unexpected rooms beyond, but it is always the master key that unlocks each door. Quantum Mechanics, The Key to Understanding Magnetism, Nobel Lecture (December 8, 1977) External links Category:Academics from the United States Category:Physicists from the United States Category:Mathematicians from the United States Category:Nobel laureates in Physics Category:1899 births Category:1980 deaths Category:People from Connecticut Category:Nobel laureates from the United States Category:National Medal of Science laureates Category:University of Oxford faculty Category:Harvard University faculty Category:Harvard University alumni