Piet Hut
Academic
1952 –
Who is Piet Hut?
Piet Hut 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 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.
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- Born
- Sep 26, 1952
Utrecht - Nationality
- Netherlands
- United States of America
- Education
- Utrecht University
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
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on July 23, 2013
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