Van Vleck

Van Vleck can refer to:

people
  • John Monroe Van Vleck, American astronomer, father of Edward Burr van Vleck
  • Edward Burr Van Vleck, American mathematician, father of John Hasbrouck van Vleck, son of John Monroe van Vleck
  • John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Nobel Prize-winning American physicist, son of Edward Burr van Vleck
  • Tom van Vleck, American computer software engineer
places
  • Van Vleck, California
  • Van Vleck, Texas
  • Van Vleck Observatory, Connecticut (IAU code 298)
  • Van Vleck (crater)
  • Van Vleck House and Barn
  • Van Vleck House and Gardens
  • Van Vleck Independent School District
  • Howard Van Vleck Arboretum

Famous quotes containing the word van:

    “His reversed body gracefully curved, his brown legs hoisted like a Tarentine sail, his joined ankles tacking, Van gripped with splayed hands the brow of gravity, and moved to and fro, veering and sidestepping, opening his mouth the wrong way, and blinking in the odd bilboquet fashion peculiar to eyelids in his abnormal position. Even more extraordinary than the variety and velocity of the movements he made in imitation of animal hind legs was the effortlessness of his stance.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)