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John Archibald Wheeler

Born

in Jacksonville, The United States

July 09, 1911

Died

April 13, 2008

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John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911) is an eminent American theoretical physicist. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein's vision of a unified field theory. He is also known as the coiner of the popular name of the well known space phenomenon, the black hole.

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	A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime 3.92 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quantum Theory and Measurement (Princeton Series in Physics) by John Archibald Wheeler (editor), Wojciech Hubert Zurek (Editor) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Home in the Universe 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Information, physics, quantum: The search for links did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Einsteins vision: wie steht es heute mit einsteins vision, alles als geometrie aufzufassen? 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1968 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Albert Einstein: A Biographical Memoir 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zwaartekracht Het verband tussen massa, ruimte en tijd 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Philosophical Society and the Royal Society: Papers Read at a Meeting, June 5 1980 (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 227) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Albert Einstein: His Strength and His Struggle 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some men and moments in the history of nuclear physics: The interplay of colleagues and motivations 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”
― John Archibald Wheeler

tags: ignorance, knowledge, reality

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“In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.”
― John Archibald Wheeler

tags: explore

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“Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.”
― John Archibald Wheeler, Geons, Black Holes and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics

tags: cosmos, einstein, physics, relativity, science, space-time, universe

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