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Gerard 'T Hooft is Distinguished Professor at Utrecht University and one of the world's most innovative theoretical physicists....
Gerard 't Hooft
Dutch theoretical physicist
In this Dutch name, the surname is 't Hooft, not Hooft.
Gerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft (Dutch:[ˈɣeːrɑrtətˈɦoːft]; born July 5, 1946) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and professor 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.
Biography
Early life
Gerard 't Hooft was born in Den Helder on July 5, 1946,[1] but grew up in The Hague.
Interview with Gerard 't Hooft, University Professor of Physics (Emeritus) at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
He was the middle child of a family of three. He comes from a family of scholars. His great uncle was Nobel prize laureate Frits Zernike, and his grandmother was married