# Gerard 't Hooft **Domain:** Physics / Quantum Gravity **Doc Type:** Thinker Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Gravity]], [[Leonard Susskind]], [[Quantum Foundations]] --- ## Definition Gerard 't Hooft is a Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on gauge theory and quantum gravity includes a foundational formulation of dimensional reduction. ## Corpus Context [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] links his work to the [[Holographic Principle]] while preserving the distinction between formal boundary encoding and popular simulation metaphors. ## Key Insight **This node connects its historical or conceptual subject to the corpus without treating analogy as proof of direct influence.** ## See Also [[Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Gravity]], [[Leonard Susskind]], [[Quantum Foundations]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] ## Directory Context [[Recommended Institutions and Signals]] · [[Team Leela]]