Martinus J. G. Veltman

thumb|Martinus J. G. Veltman Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman (born June 27, 1931 – January 4, 2021, in Waalwijk) 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. Quotes We understand many things about particles and their interactions, but this and other mysteries make it very clear that we are nowhere close to a full understanding. Martinus Veltman Facts and mysteries in elementary particle physics World Scientific 2003 981238149X 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=CNCHDIobj0IC&pg=PA3 Great physics does not automatically imply complicated mathematics! Martinus Veltman Facts and mysteries in elementary particle physics World Scientific 2003 981238149X 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=CNCHDIobj0IC&pg=PA15 The reader may ask why in this book string theory and supersymmetry have not been discussed. ... The fact is that this book is about physics and this implies that the theoretical ideas discussed must be supported by experimental facts. Neither supersymmetry and string theory satisfy this criterion. They are figments of the theoretical mind. Martinus Veltman Facts and mysteries in elementary particle physics World Scientific 2003 981238149X 308 https://books.google.com/books?id=CNCHDIobj0IC&pg=PA308 External links Category:Academics from the Netherlands Category:Physicists from the Netherlands Category:Nobel laureates in Physics Category:1931 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Nobel laureates from the Netherlands