Bryce DeWitt
Bryce DeWitt · Science & Medicine
Physicist; canonical quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation
1923, Dinuba, California, United States — 2004, Austin, Texas, United States
United States
Bryce DeWitt is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; canonical quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation
Born Carl Bryce Seligman in California, DeWitt pioneered the canonical quantization of gravity, giving his name to the Wheeler–DeWitt equation, and worked for decades at the University of Texas at Austin. His paternal grandfather was a German Jew; Bryce and his brothers adopted the name 'DeWitt' in 1950 after he encountered antisemitism as a young scientist in Europe, though he was raised Presbyterian.
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Physicist; canonical quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation
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