John Archibald Wheeler
Physicist, Academic
1911 – 2008
Who was John Archibald Wheeler?
John Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein's vision of a unified field theory. He is also known for having coined the terms black hole, quantum foam, and wormhole and the phrase "it from bit". For most of his career, Wheeler was a professor at Princeton University and was influential in mentoring a generation of physicists who made notable contributions to quantum mechanics and gravitation.
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- Born
- Jul 9, 1911
Jacksonville - Also known as
- John A. Wheeler
- John Wheeler
- Spouses
- Janette Hegner
(1935 - 2007)
- Janette Hegner
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore City College
- Employment
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Texas at Austin
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- United States of America
- Jacksonville
- Died
- Apr 13, 2008
Hightstown
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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