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Title: Bryce DeWitt letter to John Wheeler 20-April-1967
Creator: DeWitt, Bryce S.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1967-04-20
Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Special Collections
Collection: Hugh Everett III Manuscripts
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: In 1967, Bryce DeWitt published a three part essay, called "Quantum Theory of Gravitation." He sent a preprint of the first part to Wheeler for his comments. This is DeWitt's reply to Wheeler's comments. It is notable because DeWitt mentions Everett, Bohr, Rosenfeld, and Wheeler's companion to Everett's paper.
Scope/Content: This document is a reproduction of a document found in the John A. Wheeler papers at the American Philosophical Society.
Type: text
Identifier: ark:/81235/d8rv0dd6m
http://hdl.handle.net/10575/1183
Language: English
eng
Subject: DeWitt, Bryce S.
Everett, Hugh III
Wheeler, John A.
Correspondence
Bohr, Niels H.D.
Rosenfeld, Leon
Quantum mechanics -- Copenhagen interpretation
Relation: Hugh Everett III Correspondence

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