John A. Wheeler

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Einstein_Award
gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1911-07-09
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Jacksonville,_Florida,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alison_Wheeler
gptkb:James_English_Wheeler
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-04-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hightstown,_New_Jersey,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Karl_Herzfeld
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Arthur_Wightman
gptkb:Charles_Misner
gptkb:Hugh_Everett_III
gptkb:Jacob_Bekenstein
gptkb:Kip_Thorne
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John A. Wheeler
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Misner
gptkb:Hugh_Everett_III
gptkb:Jacob_Bekenstein
gptkb:Kip_Thorne
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Karl_Herzfeld
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wheeler–DeWitt_equation
gptkb:delayed_choice_experiment
gptkb:quantum_gravity
gptkb:participatory_anthropic_principle
black holes
coining the term 'black hole'
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Gravitation_(with_Misner_and_Thorne)
gptkb:Spacetime_Physics_(with_Edwin_F._Taylor)
gptkb:Exploring_Black_Holes_(with_Edwin_F._Taylor)
Geometrodynamics
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Janette_Hegner
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Regge–Wheeler_equation
gptkb:Breit–Wheeler_process
gptkb:Center_for_Theoretical_Studies,_University_of_Miami
gptkb:Center_for_Theoretical_Studies_at_University_of_Miami
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6