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Martinus Veltman - Particle Physics and Gauge Theories

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positions in modern society. So never worry too much what kind of job you will get after finishing a theoretical physics education.

Veltman retired in 1997 and returned to Bilthoven in the Netherlands. In 1999, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. He returned to Ann Arbor to celebrate with the University. He received a citation from the Board of Regents and participated at the start of the football game against Illinois. Veltman is married (Anneke) and has three children, two of whom live in the United States. After his retirement, he took on the task of explaining high-energy particle physics to non-scientists and wrote the book, Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics, published in 2003. 

Awards and Honors

1999, Nobel Prize in Physics (shared)

Sources

http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1999/veltman-autobio.html

http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/department/directory/bio.asp?ID=423

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