Van Allen

Van Allen may refer to:

  • Van Allen Building, a four story building in Clinton, Iowa
  • Van Allen radiation belt, a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth

People named Van Allen:

  • James Van Allen (1914-2006), American space scientist
  • John Delbert Van Allen (1850-1928), retail dry goods merchant and department store owner
  • Mark van Allen (born 1954), American musician
  • Shaun Van Allen (born 1967), former hockey player
  • Van Allen Plexico (born 1968), science fiction and fantasy author

Famous quotes containing the words van and/or allen:

    “Physics investigates the essential nature of the world, and biology describes a local bump. Psychology, human psychology, describes a bump on the bump.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “In ceremonies of the horsemen,
    Even the pawn must hold a grudge.”
    —Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)