http://blog.jozilla.net/2008/02/15/anniversary-lecture-by-gerard-t-hooft-uhasselt/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.jozilla.net/2008/02/15/anniversary-lecture-by-gerard-t-hooft-uhasselt/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Deb789 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:33:00 +0000 http://blog.jozilla.net/2008/02/15/anniversary-lecture-by-gerard-t-hooft-uhasselt/#comment-353 I find it fascinating that a leading theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate like ‘t Hooft is realizing the potential of fractals. I recently read in a Chinese site a paper on fractal black holes and information. The site is http://wenku.baidu.com/view/3e380b1614791711cc79172f.html. It is only now that I realize that the author of this paper is a close friend of ‘t Hooft. It speaks for ‘t Hooft that he is open minded enough to be persuaded by an expert in nonlinear dynamics to incorporate fractals and deterministic chaos into his work. Modesty and open mindedness are the true unmistakable signs of a great scientist. de Boer I find it fascinating that a leading theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate like ‘t Hooft is realizing the potential of fractals. I recently read in a Chinese site a paper on fractal black holes and information. The site is http://wenku.baidu.com/view/3e380b1614791711cc79172f.html. It is only now that I realize that the author of this paper is a close friend of ‘t Hooft. It speaks for ‘t Hooft that he is open minded enough to be persuaded by an expert in nonlinear dynamics to incorporate fractals and deterministic chaos into his work. Modesty and open mindedness are the true unmistakable signs of a great scientist.
de Boer

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