Herman Louis Verlinde (born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and

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. Herman is the Class of 1909 Professor of Physics at

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, where they are also the chair of the Department of Physics. Herman is the

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brother of

Erik Verlinde Erik Peter Verlinde (; born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is the identical twin brother of physicist Herman Verlinde. The Verlinde formula, which is important in conformal field theory and topolog ...

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