Quantum gravity: yesterday and today

DOI10.1007/S10714-008-0719-0MaRDI QIDQ1012636zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bryce DeWitt

Publication date 22 April 2009

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2935

zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityspacetimestring theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We present a talk given by Bryce DeWitt on Quantum Gravity, and present many references. This article is the first installment of the book "The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity 1946-2004; Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt" that Cecile DeWitt is preparing.

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• Toward a quantum theory of gravity: Syracuse 1949--1962
• Squaring the circle: Gleb Wataghin and the prehistory of quantum gravity
• On a canonical quantization of 3D anti de Sitter pure gravity
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• Book review of: C. DeWitt-Morette, The pursuit of quantum gravity. Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004.
• On topology changes in quantum field theory and quantum gravity

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