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If you really want to contribute to our theoretical understanding of physical laws - and it is an exciting experience if you succeed! - there are many things you need to know. First of all, be serious about it!

Gerardus 't Hooft

On your way towards becoming a bad theoretician, take your own immature theory, stop checking it for mistakes, don't listen to colleagues who do spot weaknesses, and start admiring your own infallible intelligence.

Gerardus 't Hooft

Quantum mechanics as it stands would be perfect if we didn't have the quantum-gravity issue and a few other very deep fundamental problems.

Gerardus 't Hooft

Gerardus 't Hooft

Gerardus 't Hooft

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Born: July 5, 1946 (age 79)

Bio: Gerardus 't Hooft 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.

Known for:

Playing with planets (2008)
In Search of the Ultimate Building Blocks (1996)
Introduction to General Relativity (2001)

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