A brief history (and geography) of Supergravity: the first three weeks... and after

Abstract

I summarize, at its 41st--and what would have been Bruno's 94th--birthday, the history of the discoveries of Supergravity and some of its structure and later developments.

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• Gravitation and General Relativity at King's College London
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