Books

Throughout his career, Gerard ’t Hooft has authored and edited a range of books spanning different levels of technical depth and audiences. These include:

Popular science books

  • Tijd in machten van tien: natuurverschijnselen en hun tijdschalen, samen met Stefan Vandoren (2011, Veen Media)
    • Time in powers of ten: natural phenomena and their timescale (2014, World Scientific Publishing) Translation by Saskia ’t Hooft, Gerard ’t Hooft’s daughter
  • Planetenbiljart: sciencefiction en echte natuurkunde (2006, Bert Bakker)
    • Playing with planets (2008, World Scientific Publishing). Translation by Saskia ’t Hooft, Gerard ’t Hooft’s daughter
  • De bouwstenen van de schepping: een zoektocht naar het allerkleinste (1992, Prometheus) / In search of the ultimate building blocks (1996, Cambridge University Press)
  • Van quantum tot quark: Inleiding tot de quantummechanica: golven en deeltjes (1989, Stichting Teleac/NOT), only available in Dutch.

Scientific books written and/or edited by Gerard ’t Hooft

  • Determinism and Free Will: New Insights from Physics, Philosophy, and Theology (2019, SpringerCham). A concise exploration of one of philosophy’s oldest debates, by including the positions of three eminent scholars from physics, philosophy and theology. Written by Fabio Scardigli, Gerard ’t Hooft, Emanuele Severino, and Piero Coda.
  • The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (2016, SpringerCham). This book presents the deterministic view of quantum mechanics developed by Gerard ’t Hooft, which is radically different.
  • Taming the forces between quarks and gluons: calorons out of the box (2013, World Scientific Publishing). A selection of papers by Pierre van Baal, edited by Gerard ’t Hooft and C.P. Korthals Altes
  • 50 years of Yang-Mills Theory (2005, World Scientific Publishing). On the 50th anniversary of Yang-Mills theory, this invaluable volume looks back at the developments and achievements in elementary particle physics that ensued from that beautiful idea. Edited by Gerard ’t Hooft.
  • Introduction to General Relativity (2002, IOS Press). A presentation of general relativity as a scheme for describing the gravitational field and the equations it obeys. Edited by Gerard ’t Hooft.
  • Quantum Fields and Quantum Space Time (1997, Springer NY). Part of the NATO Science Series B, and edited by Gerard ’t Hooft, Arthur Jaffe, Gerhard Mack, Pronob K. Mitter, and Raymond Stora.
  • New Symmetry Principles in Quantum Field Theory: (1992, Springer NY). Part of the NATO Science Series B, and edited by J. Fröhlich, G. ’t Hooft, A. Jaffe, G. Mack, P. K. Mitter, and R. Stora.
  • Under The Spell Of The Gauge Principle (1994, World Scientific Publishing). Contains a selection of articles and review topics covering ’t Hooft’s well-known studies on the renormalization of non-Abelian gauge theorems, topological phenomena in gauge field theory and thoughts on the role of black holes in quantum gravity.
  • Recent Developments in Gauge Theories (1980, Springer NY). Part of the NATO Science Series B, and edited by G. ’t Hooft, C. Itzykson, A. Jaffe, H. Lehmann, P. K. Mitter, I. M. Singer, and R. Stora.

Books about Gerard ’t Hooft

Maar dat kan ik: leven en denkwerk van Nobelprijswinnaar Gerard ’t Hooft, door Martijn van Calmthout (2023, Prometheus)