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John Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist who worked on general relativity, nuclear fission, black holes, quantum foam, and more. He was a professor at Princeton University and the University of Texas at Austin, and coined several terms such as "wormhole" and "it from bit".
John Wheeler was a renowned theoretical physicist who worked on atomic and hydrogen bombs, coined the term "black hole" and explored the deep mysteries of matter, information and the universe. He taught at Princeton and Texas, influenced many young scientists and collaborated with Einstein and Bohr.
Learn about the life and achievements of John Archibald Wheeler, a prominent American physicist who worked on the atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb, and the unified field theory. He also coined the term black hole and wrote several books on physics.
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6 days ago · John Archibald Wheeler was a physicist’s physicist. He never won a Nobel Prize, never became a household name, but to those in the know, he was a legend. He broke ground in many areas of physics: particle, nuclear, gravitational, quantum.
Apr 14, 2008 · John A. Wheeler, a visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name and argued about the nature of reality with Albert Einstein and...
Apr 30, 2008 · John Wheeler, a pioneer of the idea that the quantum and classical worlds can unite, died on 13 April. Nature - Wavefunctions were adopted by quantum physicists to account for wave-like...
Jun 20, 2008 · John Archibald Wheeler, one of the great theoretical physicists of the 20th century, died on 13 April, aged 96. I was his student, and I owe much of my scientific personality, style, and accomplishments to him, as do more than 100 other physicists whom he personally mentored.
