Gerard 't Hooft
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 Gerard 't Hooft | |
|---|---|
 November 2008 | |
| Born | 5 Julie 1946 Den Helder, Netherlands |
| Naitionality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Utrecht Varsity |
| Kent for | Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity |
| Awairds | Heineman Prize (1979) Wolf Prize (1981) Lorentz Medal (1986) Spinoza Prize (1995) Franklin Medal (1995) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1999) Lomonosov Gowd Medal (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical pheesics |
| Institutions | Utrecht Varsity |
| Doctoral advisor | Martinus J. G. Veltman |
| Doctoral students | Robbert Dijkgraaf Herman Verlinde |
This is a Dutch name; the faimily name is 't Hooft, nae Hooft.
Gerardus (Gerard) 't Hooft (Dutch: [ˌɣeːrɑrt ət ˈɦoːft]; born Julie 5, 1946) is a Dutch theoretical pheesicist an professor at Utrecht Varsity, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Pheesics wi his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidatin the quantum structur o electroweak interactions".
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- Members o the Ryal Netherlands Academy o Airts an Sciences
- Members o the Unitit States Naitional Academy o Sciences
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- Dutch Nobel laureates
- Utrecht Varsity alumni
- Utrecht Varsity faculty
- Wolf Prize in Pheesics laureates
- Commanders o the Order o the Netherlands Lion
- Officiers o the Légion d'honneur
- Lorentz Medal winners
- Recipients o the Lomonosov Gowd Medal
- Fowk frae Den Helder
- Fowk frae Utrecht (ceety)
- Members o the French Academy o Sciences
- Spinoza Prize winners
- Theoretical pheesicists
- Mars One
- Fowk associatit wi CERN
