The Pursuit of Quantum Gravity Memoirs of Bryce DeWitt from 1946 to 2004 [Hardcover]

1946 is the year Bryce DeWitt entered Harvard graduate school. Quantum Gravity was his goal and remained his goal throughout his lifetime until the very end. The pursuit of Quantum Gravity requires a profound understanding of Quantum Physics and Gravitation Physics. As G. A. Vilkovisky commented , Quantum Gravity is a combination of two words, and one should know both. Bryce understood this as nobody else, and this wisdom is completely unknown to many authors of the flux of papers that we see nowadays.

Distingished physicist Cecile DeWitt-Morette skillfully blends her personal and scientific account with a wealth of her late husband's often unpublished writings on the subject matter.

This volume, through the perspective of the leading researcher on quantum gravity of his generation, will provide an invaluable source of reference for anyone working in the field.

Quantum Gravity was Bryce DeWitts goal and remained his goal throughout his life. In this book, Cecile DeWitt-Morette skilfully blends her personal and scientific account with a wealth of her late husbands often unpublished writings on the subject.

I. Progress in Quantum Physics since the Lamb Shift calculations.- II. Progress in Gravitation since Black Holes came to preeminence.- III. Bryce DeWitts Pursuit of Quantum Gravity.- IV. Bibliography.

From the reviews:

Bryce DeWitt was one of the intellectual giants of twentieth century physics, a father of? the quantum theory of gravity and of numerical relativity (solving Einsteins equations on supercomputers).? He was also an adventurer  organizing and leading the last great eclipse expedition, in the desert of Mauritania, to measure Einsteins predicted gravitational deflection of star light, and leader of many wilderness treks.?

These wonderful memoirs were produced by DeWitts partner-in-lS,