Dutch theoretical physicist and professor at Utrecht University (born 1946) who shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman 'for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions.' Four items: an ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, March 29, 2018, in part: "Science is humanity's greatest achievement. We learned to understand the universe we live in, the forces we feel, and the substances that we are made of. Astronomers discovered innumerable fascinating things about planets, stars and star clusters, as well as the universe itself, how it grew to become what it is now…now I am wondering about black holes. They are weird objects. Now Quantum Mechanics is also a weird theory, so imagine what you get if you combine these two! You get mind-boggling things that I love to study. What I am finding now is so strange that I can't convince many of my colleagues that I am right, but I will"; a color glossy 8 x 10 photo of 't Hooft holding up a large poster with scientific equations, signed in black ballpoint; a color semi-glossy 4.25 x 6.25 half-length photo of 't Hooft posing next to a model outside, signed in gold ink; and a personal Utrecht University business card belonging to 't Hooft, signed in black ballpoint. In overall very fine condition.
