John Archibald Wheeler

John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist. He was known for his interest in general relativity in the United States. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission. 

He is best known for using the term "black hole" and for inventing the terms "quantum foam", "neutron moderator", "wormhole" and "it from bit", and for hypothesizing the "one-electron universe".

On April 13, 2008, Wheeler died of pneumonia at the age of 96 in Hightstown, New Jersey.

References

Other websites
 1965 Audio Interview with John Wheeler by Stephane Groueff, Voices of the Manhattan Project
 1986 Audio Interview with John Wheeler by S. L. Sanger, Voices of the Manhattan Project
 A Collection of John Archibald Wheeler's Published and Unpublished Works
 Wheeler's Classic Delayed Choice Experiment


 Cosmic Search Vol. 1 No. 4, FORUM: John A. Wheeler
 John Wheeler telling his life story at Web of Stories
 Wheeler —Biographical stories 
 John Archibald Wheeler: A Study of Mentoring in Modern Physics
 Kip S. Thorne, "John A. Wheeler", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)

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