Martinus J. G. Veltman
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman 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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- Born in
- Waalwijk
- Educated at
- Utrecht University
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Prize in Physics🏆 Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion🏆 Akademiepenning🏆 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize🏆 ICTP Dirac Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Léon van Hove
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Gerard 't Hooft📖 Peter van Nieuwenhuizen📖 Bernard de Wit📖 Johannes Reiff📖 Jochum Johan van der Bij
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1931
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