Gerard 't Hooft

Also known as Gerardus (Gerard) 't Hooft, Gerardus 't Hooft, G.W. 't Hooft, Hooft, Gerard ’t Hooft, G. Hooft, Gerardus, Gerard

Dutch theoretical physicist

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Gerard 't Hooft is a Dutch theoretical physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of fundamental forces in nature. His work has been highly influential in modern physics, helping to advance the theoretical frameworks that physicists use to explain how the universe works at the smallest scales.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1946 births, 20th-century Dutch physicists and 21st-century Dutch physicists.

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics1999
“for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics”
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Place of birth: Den Helder
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: Utrecht University
Employer: CERN
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Dutch
Academic degree: doctorate
Doctoral advisor: Martinus J. G. Veltman
Field of work: physics
Official website: webspace.science.uu.nl/~hooft101
Image: Gerard 't Hooft.jpg

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member of: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
Commons category: Gerardus 't Hooft
date of birth: 1946-07-05
Erdős number: 6
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name in native language: Gerardus (Gerard) 't Hooft
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interested in: theoretical physics

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Encyclopedic overview

Gerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft ( Dutch: [ˈɣeːrɑrt ət ˈɦoːft]; born July 5, 1946) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions."

His work concentrates on gauge theory, black holes, quantum gravity and fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. His contributions to physics include: a proof that gauge theories are renormalizable; dimensional regularization; and the holographic principle.

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