Bryce DeWitt
American physicist (1923–2004)
Bryce Seligman DeWitt (January 8, 1923 – September 23, 2004) was an American theoretical physicist. He studied gravity and field theories.[1] He was awarded the Dirac Prize in 1987, the American Physical Society's Einstein Prize in 2005, and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. DeWitt created the Wheeler–DeWitt equation for the wavefunction of the Universe with John Archibald Wheeler and advanced the formulation of the Hugh Everett's many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Bryce DeWitt | |
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 Bruce (right) and wife Cécile (left) | |
| Born | Carl Bryce Seligman January 8, 1923 |
| Died | September 23, 2004 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Spouse | Cécile DeWitt-Morette |
| Awards | Dirac Prize (1987) Pomeranchuk Prize (2002) Einstein Prize (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physicist |
| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Texas at Austin |
| Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
| Doctoral students | Donald Marolf |
References
changeOther websites
change- University of Texas obituary
- INSPIRE-HEP list of Dewitt's most famous papers
- Dirac Prize citation, International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- Einstein Prize citation, American Physical Society
- Oral History interview transcript with Bryce DeWitt February 28, 1995, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives Archived January 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- Gaina Alex: The Quantum Gravity Simposim in Moscow, 1987 Gaina Alex: ГОСТИННАЯ:ФОРУМ: Александр Александров *Сборник рассказов*:РЕПРЕССИРОВАННАЯ НАУКА (PURGED SCIENCE)
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
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