12 Facts About Martinus Veltman

Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman was a Dutch theoretical physicist.

Martinus Veltman shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.

Martinus Justinus Godefriedus Veltman was born in Waalwijk, Netherlands, on 27 June 1931.

Martinus Veltman's mother's father was a contractor and ran a cafe.

Martinus Veltman was the fourth child in a family with six children.

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Martinus Veltman started studying mathematics and physics at Utrecht University in 1948.

Martinus Veltman received his MSc degree in 1956, after which he was drafted into military service for two years, returning in February 1959.

Martinus Veltman obtained his PhD degree in theoretical physics in 1963 and became professor at Utrecht University in 1966.

Martinus Veltman was closely involved in the 1963 CERN neutrino experiment, analyzing images as they were generated by the detectors.

In 1980, Martinus Veltman became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In 1981, Martinus Veltman left Utrecht University for the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, from where he retired in 1996.

In 2003, Martinus Veltman published a book about particle physics for a broad audience, entitled Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics.