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Gerard 't Hooft

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Gerardus "Gerard" 't Hooft (Dutch: [ˈɣeːrɑrt ət ˈɦoːft]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard 't Hooft is the 272nd most popular physicist (down from 41st in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 20th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Gerard 't Hooft ranks 272 out of 851. Before him are Anthony James Leggett, Johannes Rydberg, Jack Steinberger, Yang Chen-Ning, David J. Wineland, and Pierre Agostini. After him are John C. Mather, Masatoshi Koshiba, Claude-Louis Navier, Daniel Rutherford, John Robert Schrieffer, and David Gross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gerard 't Hooft ranks 94. Before him are Peter Singer, Xanana Gusmão, Daniel Goleman, Chris Slade, Julian Barnes, and Gilbert O'Sullivan. After him are Birutė Galdikas, John C. Mather, Ahmed Zewail, Brian Cox, Catharine MacKinnon, and Daniel Libeskind.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gerard 't Hooft ranks 128 out of 1,646. Before him are Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Colonel Tom Parker (1909), Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510), Arie Haan (1948), and Bernard Haitink (1929). After him are Willem de Kooning (1904), Aelbert Cuyp (1620), Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Bertha of Holland (1055), and Ruud Krol (1949).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Netherlands

Among physicists born in Netherlands, Gerard 't Hooft ranks 12. Before him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Peter Debye (1884), Simon van der Meer (1925), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), Frits Zernike (1888), and Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931). After him are Jan Ingenhousz (1730), Hans Kramers (1894), Samuel Goudsmit (1902), Hendrik Casimir (1909), Wander Johannes de Haas (1878), and Willem Hendrik Keesom (1876).

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