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Introduction to Bronstein's "Quantum theory of weak gravitational fields"

History and Philosophy of Physics 2012-01-04 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A scientific introduction and short biography to accompany the translation of Matvei P. Bronstein, "Quantum theory of weak gravitational fields", Phys. Zeitschr. der Sowjetunion 9, 140 157 (1936), to appear as a "Golden Oldie" in JGRG.

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@article{arxiv.1110.5941,
  title  = {Introduction to Bronstein's "Quantum theory of weak gravitational fields"},
  author = {S. Deser and A. Starobinsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5941},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Introduction to translation of Bronstein's original 1935 paper as a "Golden oldie", JGRG, Jan 2012