...before my comment is taking the wrong way, 't Hooft is truly a pleasant person (as far as I can tell) - he now uses his fame and time to educate younger kids on sciences, trying to make it more attractive, opening science exhibitions and chairing panels for teenagers. And in the meantime he continues to pursue some spectacular theories that read like science fiction to a layman (like me).

When I was 12, I had a vivid interest in astrophysics and theoretical physics - the attraction of people like Einstein and Hawking. So I'm still reading on it when I happen to come across it. But it's always filtered: mostly popular science articles.