The Nobel Prize in Physics 1999
Awarded on: 1999-10-12
"for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics"
Martinus J.G. Veltman
Born: 1931-06-27 in Waalwijk, the Netherlands
Gender: male
Field: Dutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021)
Biography
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.