Martinus J. G. Veltman
Also known as M.J.G. Veltman, Martin Veltman, Martinus Veltman
Dutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021)
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Martinus Veltman was a Dutch theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding the forces that govern particle behavior at the smallest scales of matter. His work earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics and helped establish the mathematical framework that physicists use today to explain how particles interact.
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- Quantum Mechanics, High Energy Physics and Accelerators
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- CERN, or The Factory for the Absolute — Self2010
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Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman ( Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtinʏ ɕʏsˈtinʏs xoːdəˈfridʏs ˈtini ˈvɛltmɑn]; 27 June 1931 – 4 January 2021) was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.
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1931 births2021 deaths20th-century American scientists20th-century Dutch physicists21st-century Dutch physicistsAcademic staff of Utrecht UniversityCommanders of the Order of the Netherlands LionDutch Nobel laureatesDutch theoretical physicistsForeign associates of the National Academy of SciencesForeign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences