Matvei Bronstein

Matvei Bronstein
Матвей Бронштейн
Born
Matvei Petrovich Bronstein

(1906-11-29)29 November 1906
Died18 February 1938(1938-02-18) (aged 31)
NationalitySoviet
Known forQuantum gravity
cGh physics
SpouseLydia Chukovskaya
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Matvei Petrovich Bronstein (Russian: Матве́й Петро́вич Бронште́йн, December 2 [O.S. November 19] 1906 – February 18, 1938) was a Soviet theoretical physicist, a pioneer of quantum gravity,[1] author of works in astrophysics, semiconductors, quantum electrodynamics and cosmology, as well as of a number of books in popular science for children. He was married to Lydia Chukovskaya, a writer and human rights activist.

  1. ^ Bronstein, Matvei (2011). "Republication of: Quantum theory of weak gravitational fields". General Relativity and Gravitation. 44 (1): 267–283. Bibcode:2012GReGr..44..267B. doi:10.1007/s10714-011-1285-4. S2CID 122107821.