Piet Hut Scientist

Piet Hut (born September 26, 1952) is a Dutch astrophysicist, who divides his time between research in computer simulations of dense stellar systems and broadly interdisciplinary collaborations, ranging from other fields in natural science to computer science, cognitive psychology and philosophy.He is currently the Head of the Program in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Asteroid 17031 Piethut is named after him, in honor of his work in planetary dynamics and for co-founding the B612 Foundation, which focuses on prevention of asteroid impacts on Earth.

Personal facts

Piet Hut
Birth dateSeptember 26, 1952
Birth place
Utrecht
Nationality
Netherlands
Education
Utrecht University
Known for
Barnes–Hut simulation
Pseudo-synchronization

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Field of study
Astrophysics

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External resources

  1. http://blip.tv/rubin-museum-of-art/brainwave-does-chaos-have-meaning-3506217
  2. http://seedsofunfolding.org/issues/6_07/feature.htm
  3. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7274321951163756181
  4. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6484994529899704031
  5. http://www.sns.ias.edu/~piet/publ
  6. http://www.veoh.com/watch/v181758116EDf6TCs?h1=Piet+Hut+-+Science+Beyond+Methods+and+Goals