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    Bryce Seligman DeWitt (born Carl Bryce Seligman; January 8, 1923 – September 23, 2004) was an American theoretical physicist noted for his work in gravitation and quantum field theory. [1] Personal life.

  2. A book by Cécile DeWitt-Morette, the wife and collaborator of Bryce DeWitt, a leading researcher on quantum gravity. It contains his personal and scientific writings, as well as her commentary and perspective on his life and work.

    • Cécile Dewitt-Morette
  3. A tribute to the life and work of Bryce DeWitt, a pioneer of quantum gravity and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. The memoir covers his early years, his education, his research, his family, and his legacy in physics.

  4. Oct 20, 2004 · Bryce DeWitt was a pioneer of the quantum theory of gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. He taught at The University of Texas at Austin and received many honors, including the Dirac medal and the Einstein Prize.

  5. Mar 1, 2005 · B ryce Seligman DeWitt, professor emeritus in the physics department of the University of Texas at Austin, died on 23 September 2004 after a courageous yearlong fight against cancer. Bryce was born on 8 January 1923 in Dinuba, California, as the eldest of four boys. An exceptionally bright student, he was admitted to Harvard University at age 16.

  6. Oct 25, 2011 · Bryce DeWitt made many deep contributions to quantum field theory, general relativity and quantum gravity. He generalized Richard Feynman’s original approach to quantum gravity at the one-loop level, to a fully fledged, all-order quantization of non-abelian gauge theories, including ghosts.

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  8. Aug 1, 2011 · It took great courage for 24-year-old Bryce DeWitt, who in 1947 had just retired as a US Navy pilot in World War II, to choose a self-energy quantum gravity problem for his PhD thesis.