Bryce DeWitt
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Bryce Seligman DeWitt (January 8, 1923 – September 23, 2004) was a theoretical physicist best known for formulating canonical quantum gravity, one of the first approaches to quantizing general relativity; for formulating the Wheeler-deWitt equation for the wavefunction of the universe with John Archibald Wheeler; and for advancing the formulation of the Hugh Everett's many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. He received his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. Afterwards he worked at the Institute for Advanced Study, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Dirac medallist, winner of the Einstein award of the American Physical Society, and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Letters.
He was born Carl Bryce Seligman but changed his name in the 1950s. He was married to accomplished mathematical physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette. He died September 23, 2004 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81.
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- "Sopra un raggio di luce", Di Renzo Editore, Roma, 2005
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