Dr. John Archibald Wheeler

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Templeton_Foundation
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Academy
gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:birth_date 1911-07-09
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Jackson,_Michigan
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_Wheeler
gptkb:John_Wheeler_Jr.
Catherine Wheeler
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Wheeler's_delayed-choice_experiment
Wheeler's geometrodynamics
Wheeler's concept of quantum foam
Wheeler-De Witt equation
gptkbp:death_date 2008-04-13
gptkbp:famous_quote Black holes have no hair.
It from bit.
The past is not dead; it is not even past.
The universe is a participatory universe.
We are not just passive observers.
gptkbp:field gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:field_of_study gptkb:philosophy_of_science
astrophysics
nuclear physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dr. John Archibald Wheeler
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:invention gptkb:Wheeler's_delayed-choice_experiment
gptkb:Wheeler's_black_hole_information_paradox
Wheeler's concept of quantum foam
Wheeler's geometrodynamics theory
Wheeler's principle of self-organization.
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:nuclear_fission
concept of black holes
gptkbp:notable_alumni gptkb:Kip_Thorne
gptkb:David_Deutsch
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:New_Jersey
gptkbp:research_focus gptkb:spacecraft
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:general_relativity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Janet_E._Wheeler
gptkbp:work_location gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin