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- James Alfred,1914–2006, U.S. physicist and space scientist.
noun
- James Alfred. 1914–2006, US physicist, noted for his use of satellites to investigate cosmic radiation in the upper atmosphere
name of radiation belts around the Earth (and certain other planets), 1939, from U.S. physicist James A. Van Allen (1914-2006), who reported them in 1958.