John Justice Wheeler

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkbp:birthDate July 9, 1911
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:deathDate April 13, 2008
gptkbp:employees gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:field Physics
Theoretical physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Justice Wheeler
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Wheeler's_delayed-choice_experiment
Black hole physics
Concept of geons
Quantum_mechanics
Quantum_gravity
Wheeler's_work_on_the_concept_of_the_universe_as_a_self-excited_circuit
Wheeler's_work_on_the_concept_of_information_in_physics
Wheeler's_work_on_the_role_of_entropy_in_the_universe
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_existence
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_time
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_knowledge
Wheeler's_work_on_the_foundations_of_quantum_mechanics
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_the_observer_effect
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_space
Wheeler's_work_on_the_concept_of_black_holes_as_thermodynamic_systems
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_determinism
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_consciousness
Wheeler's_law_of_gravitation
Wheeler's_principle_of_self-consistency
Wheeler's_quantum_foam_concept
Wheeler's_work_on_nuclear_fission
Wheeler's_work_on_the_Manhattan_Project
Wheeler's_work_on_the_concept_of_the_multiverse
Wheeler's_work_on_the_nature_of_reality
Wheeler's_work_on_the_nature_of_time
Wheeler's_work_on_the_theory_of_relativity
Wheeler–DeWitt_equation
Wheeler's_work_on_the_relationship_between_gravity_and_quantum_mechanics
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_reality_perception
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_measurement.
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_free_will
Wheeler's_work_on_the_role_of_observers_in_quantum_mechanics
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_cosmology
Wheeler's_work_on_the_implications_of_quantum_mechanics_for_the_nature_of_causality
gptkbp:notableWork Geons,_Black_Holes,_and_Quantum_Foam
gptkbp:spouse Catherine_Wheeler