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Blum, A., Hartz, T. The 1957 quantum gravity meeting in Copenhagen: An analysis of Bryce S. DeWitt’s report. EPJ H 42, 107–157 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2017-80015-8
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