Hooft

British  

/ hoːft /

noun

1. Pieter Corneliszoon (ˈpiːtər kɔrˈnɛːlisoːn). 1581–1647, Dutch poet, historian, and writer: noted esp for his love poetry and his 27-volume History of the Netherlands (1626–47)

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Hooft

His quantum mechanics work was “useful after all,” he says, because he persuaded Nobel Prize–winning physicist Gerard ’t Hooft to sign, which generated headlines.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2023

These lahars “are a huge and real hazard,” Dr. Hooft said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

The Nobel committee cited him and ’t Hooft for “elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2021

And the larger tech firms themselves might get in on the action: “A lot of the tech companies have a lot of cash and they have to do something with it,” said Hooft.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2015

Soon after being appointed Judge of Muiden, Hooft had rebuilt the old castle; and now it stood, a romantic structure, crowned with turrets and towers.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel