1999
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1999
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly to Professor Gerardus ‘t Hooft and Professor Emeritus Martinus J.G. Veltman for “elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics.” The structure of particle physics is described using the Standard Model. In this model electromagnetic and weak interactions…
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Interview
Interview transcript Professor ‘t Hooft, a key word in physics today, or one of the key words, is unification. There is a lot to talk about unification of forces, according to your mind is unification necessary? Gerardus ‘t Hooft: Usually there is a danger that one overemphasises the need for unification; it’s…
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Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor Cecilia Jarlskog of the , December 10, 1999. Translation of the Swedish text. Professor Cecilia Jarlskog delivering the Presentation Speech for the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen, “Everything is made up of water,” Thales told us…
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Advanced information
Additional background material on the Nobel Prize in Physics 1999 12 October 1999 has awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly to Professor Gerardus ‘t Hooft, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, and Professor Emeritus Martinus J. G. Veltman, University of Michigan, USA, resident in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. “for elucidating the quantum structure of…
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Credits and References for the 1999 Physics Nobel Poster
Editorial Board: Prof. Cecilia Jarlskog, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics, and M. Sc. Linda Jarlskog, Lund University, Prof. Anders Bárány, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics, Science Editor Eva Krutmeijer and Dr. Solgerd Björn-Rasmussen, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Layout and illustrations: Typoform Printing: Tryckindustri 1999. Copyright © , Information Department,…
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