John H. Van Vleck's Birth Card: The 10 of Diamonds

In the record

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electronic magnetism in solids. The birth-card coordinate for March 13 is the 10 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1977 Physics prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1977 The Nobel Prize in Physics — for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems

The 10 of Diamonds coordinate

John H. Van Vleck's birthday maps to the 10 of Diamonds (The Wealthy Master). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on John H. Van Vleck. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build enough and keep it structured so it actually holds.

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John H. Van Vleck in the public record

He shared the Prize with Philip W. Anderson and Nevill Mott. John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was born on March 13, 1899, to mathematician Edward Burr Van Vleck and Hester L. Raymond in Middletown, Connecticut, while his father was an assistant professor at Wesleyan University, and where his grandfather, astronomer John Monroe Van Vleck, was also a professor. He grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, and received an A.B. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1920, before earning his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1922 under the supervision of Edwin C. Kemble. He joined the University of Minnesota as an assistant professor in 1923, then moved to the University of Wisconsin before settling at Harvard. He also earned Honorary D.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

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John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician who won 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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Also on the record

1. Sc., or D.
2. Honoris Causa, degree from Wesleyan University in 1936.
3. J.
4. H.

Other laureates with this card

• Annie Ernaux — 2022 Literature
• Charles Edouard Guillaume — 1920 Physics
• Charles Glover Barkla — 1917 Physics
• Elihu Root — 1912 Peace
• Francis W. Aston — 1922 Chemistry
• George J. Stigler — 1982 Economic Sciences
• Gerardus 't Hooft — 1999 Physics
• Giorgos Seferis — 1963 Literature
• Hans von Euler-Chelpin — 1929 Chemistry
• Herbert S. Gasser — 1944 Physiology or Medicine
• James A. Mirrlees — 1996 Economic Sciences
• John H. Northrop — 1946 Chemistry
• 8 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is John H. Van Vleck's birth card?

The 10 of Diamonds. March 13 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

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