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Bryce DeWitt
Bryce with his wife Cécile
Born
Carl Bryce Seligman

January 8, 1923
Dinuba, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 23, 2004(2004-09-23) (aged 81)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University (PhD)
Known for
  • DeWitt notation
  • Wheeler–DeWitt equation
  • Canonical quantum gravity
  • Effective action
  • Numerical relativity
Spouse
Cécile Morette
(m. 1951)
Children4
Awards
  • Dirac Prize (1987)
  • Pomeranchuk Prize (2002)
  • Einstein Prize (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Institutions
  • Institute for Advanced Study
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Texas at Austin
Doctoral advisorJulian Schwinger
Doctoral students
  • Donald Marolf
  • Larry Smarr
Discussion in the main lecture hall at the École de Physique des Houches (Les Houches Physics School), 1972. From left, Yuval Ne'eman, Bryce DeWitt, Kip Thorne.
Bryce S. DeWitt (center) with Grigori A. Vilkovisky (left) and Andrei O. Barvinsky (right) at the 5th Seminar on Quantum Gravity, Moscow, May 28 – June 1, 1990

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]

  1. ^ Weinberg, Steven (2008). "Bryce Seligman DeWitt 1923-2004: Biographical Memoir" (PDF). nasoline.org. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

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