John Wheeler
John Wheeler died yesterday. He was not a physicist's physicist, but, I think, a student's physicist, someone who inspired a couple of generations by his insights, kindness, enthusiasm, and understanding. That is an overlooked role
John A. Wheeler
Pioneering Princeton physicist HIGHTSTOWN — John Archibald Wheeler, a legend in physics who coined the term “black hole” and whose many scientific contributions figured in some of the most significant research advances of the 20th
John Wheeler: 1911-2008
Giant of physics who gave black holes their name dies at 96.
John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘Black Hole,’ Is
[div class=excerpt][b]John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘Black Hole,’ Is Dead at 96 [/b] By DENNIS OVERBYE Published: April 14, 2008 John A. Wheeler, a visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear
John Archibald Wheeler, RIP
There is plenty to read about John Wheeler around the web today. Start with Dennis Overbye’s obituary in Times, read Daniel Holz’s moving remembrance over at Cosmic Variance, and then browse at will through what will be an increasingly
John Wheeler: 1911-2008
John Archibald Wheeler was born to a family of librarians in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1911. (Only my mother has been a librarian.) At the age of 21+, he received a PhD from John Hopkins University. His thesis was about helium.
John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘Black Hole,’ Is
"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 Niels Bohr, died Sunday morning at his home
Goodbye.
This was John Archibald Wheeler, one of the legends of modern physics. He did foundational work on quantum mechanics, collaborating with Niels Bohr on some of the earliest work in nuclear fission. He invented the S-matrix.
John Archibald Wheeler (1911-2008)
Professor John Wheeler, who died on Sunday aged 96, was, after Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller, the most famous non-Nobel prizewinner of the generation of scientists which developed quantum theory, though he was perhaps best known
John Archibald Wheeler 1911-2008
Various: Main text currently adapted from Wikipedia John Archibald Wheeler passed away yesterday after contracting pneumonia. He is survived by two daughters, Alison Wheeler Lahnston and Letitia Wheeler Ufford, and a son, James English
