Gerard ’t Hooft

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Nobel laureate in Physics human theoretical physicist

Gerard ’t Hooft is a Dutch theoretical physicist renowned for his pioneering work on gauge theories and the foundations of quantum field theory, for which he shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Aliases (3)

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Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → theoretical physicist →
academicAdvisor	Martinus J. G. Veltman →
awardReceived	Dirac Medal → Franklin Medal → Lorentz Medal → Nobel Prize in Physics → Poincaré Medal → Spinoza Prize → Wolf Prize in Physics →
countryOfCitizenship	Netherlands →
dateOfBirth	1946-07-05 →
doctoralStudent	Bert Schroer → Erik Verlinde → Herman Verlinde → Jan Smit → Renate Loll →
educatedAt	Utrecht University →
employer	Utrecht University →
familyName	’t Hooft →
fieldOfWork	gauge theory → particle physics → quantum field theory → quantum gravity → theoretical physics →
givenName	Gerard →
hasWebsite	http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/ →
knownFor	contributions to the standard model of particle physics → foundational work in quantum field theory → pioneering work on gauge theories →
languageSpoken	Dutch → English →
memberOf	National Academy of Sciences → Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences → Royal Society →
name	Gerard ’t Hooft →
nationality	Dutch →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
NobelPrizeYear	1999 →
notableWork	holographic principle (early formulation) → proof of renormalizability of Yang–Mills theory → renormalization of non-abelian gauge theories → work on electroweak unification → ’t Hooft anomaly → ’t Hooft coupling → ’t Hooft–Polyakov monopole → ’t Hooft–Veltman gauge →
placeOfBirth	Den Helder →
sexOrGender	male →
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Martinus J. G. Veltman →
workLocation	Utrecht →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Einstein Medal ("Gérard ’t Hooft") → Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Robert Brout →	coAuthor
quantum field theory ("Gerard 't Hooft") →	developedBy
Gerard ’t Hooft ("’t Hooft") →	familyName
Utrecht University ("Gerard 't Hooft") →	hasNotableAlumnus
Utrecht University ("Gerard 't Hooft") →	hasNotableFaculty
Gerard ’t Hooft →	name