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
He was born Carl Bryce Seligman, but he and his three brothers, including the noted ichthyologist, Hugh Hamilton DeWitt, added "DeWitt" from their mother's side of the family, at the urging of their father, in 1950. In the early-1970s, this change of name so angered Felix Bloch that he blocked DeWitt's appointment to Stanford University and DeWitt and his wife Cecile DeWitt-Morette, a mathematical physicist, accepted faculty positions at the University of Texas at Austin.[2] DeWitt trained in World War II as a naval aviator, but the war ended before he saw combat. He died September 23, 2004, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. He is buried in France, and was survived by his wife and four daughters.[3][1]
Bryce DeWitt, Dynamical theory of groups and fields, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1965
Bryce DeWitt, R. Neill Graham, eds., The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, Princeton Series in Physics, Princeton University Press (1973), ISBN0-691-08131-X.
S. M. Christensen, ed., Quantum theory of gravity. Essays in honor of the 60th birthday of Bryce S. DeWitt, Adam Hilger, Bristol, 1984.
Bryce DeWitt, Supermanifolds, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985.
^"DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004". history.aip.org. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
^DeWitt-Morette, Cécile (2011). "Quantum Gravity". The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity: Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004. Springer. pp. 51–117. ISBN978-3-642-14270-3.
DeWitt-Morette, Cécile (2011). The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity: Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14270-3. ISBN978-3-642-14270-3.
University of Texas obituary May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Oral history interview transcript with Bryce DeWitt and Cecile DeWitt-Morette on February 28 1995, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
April 09, 2024
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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 Bryce DeWittBryce with his wife CecileBornCarl Bryce SeligmanJanuary 8 1923Dinuba California U S DiedSeptember 23 2004 2004 09 23 aged 81 Austin Texas U S Alma materHarvard University PhD Known forDeWitt notation Wheeler DeWitt equation Canonical quantum gravity Effective action Numerical relativitySpouseCecile Morette m 1951 wbr Children4AwardsDirac Prize 1987 Pomeranchuk Prize 2002 Einstein Prize 2005 Scientific careerFieldsTheoretical physicsInstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Texas at AustinDoctoral advisorJulian SchwingerDoctoral studentsDonald Marolf Larry SmarrDiscussion in the main lecture hall at the Ecole 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 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Academic life 3 Work 4 Books 5 References 6 Further readingPersonal life editHe was born Carl Bryce Seligman but he and his three brothers including the noted ichthyologist Hugh Hamilton DeWitt added DeWitt from their mother s side of the family at the urging of their father in 1950 In the early 1970s this change of name so angered Felix Bloch that he blocked DeWitt s appointment to Stanford University and DeWitt and his wife Cecile DeWitt Morette a mathematical physicist accepted faculty positions at the University of Texas at Austin 2 DeWitt trained in World War II as a naval aviator but the war ended before he saw combat He died September 23 2004 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81 He is buried in France and was survived by his wife and four daughters 3 1 Academic life editHe received his bachelor s summa cum laude master s and doctoral degrees from Harvard University His Ph D 1950 supervisor was Julian S Schwinger Afterwards he held a postdoctoral position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton New Jersey worked at the Lawrence Livermore Lab 1952 55 and then held faculty positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1956 72 and later the University of Texas at Austin 1973 2004 He was awarded the Dirac Prize in 1987 4 the Pomeranchuk Prize in 2002 and the American Physical Society s Einstein Prize posthumously in 2005 5 and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences 6 Work editHe pioneered work in the quantization of general relativity and in particular developed canonical quantum gravity manifestly covariant methods and heat kernel algorithms DeWitt formulated the Wheeler DeWitt equation for the wave function of the universe with John Archibald Wheeler and advanced the formulation of Hugh Everett s many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics 1 With his student Larry Smarr he originated the field of numerical relativity 7 25 35 37 Books editBryce DeWitt Dynamical theory of groups and fields Gordon and Breach New York 1965 Bryce DeWitt R Neill Graham eds The Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics Princeton Series in Physics Princeton University Press 1973 ISBN 0 691 08131 X S M Christensen ed Quantum theory of gravity Essays in honor of the 60th birthday of Bryce S DeWitt Adam Hilger Bristol 1984 Bryce DeWitt Supermanifolds Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1985 Bryce DeWitt The Global Approach to Quantum Field Theory The International Series of Monographs on Physics Oxford University Press 2003 ISBN 978 0 19 851093 2 Bryce DeWitt Sopra un raggio di luce Di Renzo Editore Roma 2005 Bryce DeWitt Bryce DeWitt s Lectures on Gravitation Steven M Christensen ed Springer 2011 References edit a b c Weinberg Steven 2008 Bryce Seligman DeWitt 1923 2004 Biographical Memoir PDF nasoline org Retrieved October 7 2023 UTPhysicsHistorySite Archived from the original on June 20 2019 Family Obituary Dirac Prize citation International Centre for Theoretical Physics Einstein Prize citation American Physical Society DeWitt Bryce S Bryce Seligman 1923 2004 history aip org Retrieved October 7 2023 DeWitt Morette Cecile 2011 Quantum Gravity The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004 Springer pp 51 117 ISBN 978 3 642 14270 3 Further reading editDeutsch David Isham Christopher Vilkovisky Gregory March 1 2005 Bryce Seligman DeWitt Physics Today 58 3 84 84 doi 10 1063 1 1897570 DeWitt Morette Cecile 2011 The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004 Springer doi 10 1007 978 3 642 14270 3 ISBN 978 3 642 14270 3 University of Texas obituary Archived May 11 2008 at the Wayback Machine Oral history interview transcript with Bryce DeWitt and Cecile DeWitt Morette on February 28 1995 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library amp Archives Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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