Personal writings

After receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999, Gerard ’t Hooft wrote an autobiography on the Nobel Prize website.  

After having the asteroid 9491 Thooft named after him, Gerard wrote a hypothetical constitution for the asteroid. 

An essay dedicated to the special (and often misunderstood) character in Gerard’s last name: the apostrophe (2011) 

Writings about physics 

Mr. Jones goes across the Horizon, in a simple language for children between 10 and 90 years old: a fairytale illustrating some of the symmetry features of a black hole (February 2021).

How to become a BAD theoretical physicist (2017)

The importance of recognising fringe science (2017)

Stelling 8 (2014, in Dutch)

Gravitating misconceptions: response on claims by a group of self proclaimed scientists concerning the validity of the theory of General Relativity.

Writings in Dutch

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