Robertus Henricus "Robbert" Dijkgraaf (born January 24, 1960) is a Dutch mathematical physicist and string theorist.
Robertus Henricus Dijkgraaf was born on 24 January 1960 in Ridderkerk, Netherlands. He currently lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dijkgraaf is married to the author Pia de Jong and has three children.
Dijkgraaf started his education in physics at Utrecht University in 1978. After completing his Bachelor's degree equivalent in 1982 ...
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Robertus Henricus "Robbert" Dijkgraaf (born January 24, 1960) is a Dutch mathematical physicist and string theorist.
Robertus Henricus Dijkgraaf was born on 24 January 1960 in Ridderkerk, Netherlands. He currently lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dijkgraaf is married to the author Pia de Jong and has three children.
Dijkgraaf started his education in physics at Utrecht University in 1978. After completing his Bachelor's degree equivalent in 1982 he briefly turned away from physics to pursue painting at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. In 1984, he returned to Utrecht University, to start on his master's degree in theoretical physics. After obtaining his MSc degree, he continued working towards his PhD under supervision of Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft. He studied together with the twins Erik and Herman Verlinde. The original arrangement was that only one of the trio would work on string theory, but all three ended up writing their thesis on this subject. Dijkgraaf obtained his doctorate...
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