John Archibald Wheeler Sr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Archibald_Wheeler_Sr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:birth_date 1911-07-09
gptkbp:children gptkb:George_Wheeler
gptkb:John_Wheeler_Jr.
Catherine Wheeler
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Wheeler's_delayed-choice_experiment
quantum foam
Wheeler-De Witt equation
geons
gptkbp:death_date 2008-04-13
gptkbp:field gptkb:Physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Archibald Wheeler Sr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:nuclear_fission
concept of black holes
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Kip_Thorne
gptkb:David_Deutsch
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Jackson,_Michigan
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Janet_E._Wheeler
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8