John Wheeler

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gptkb:Albert_Einstein_Prize
gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1911-07-09
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Jacksonville,_Florida,_United_States
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gptkb:James_English_Wheeler
gptkbp:deathDate 2008-04-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hightstown,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Karl_Herzfeld
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Arthur_Wightman
gptkb:Bill_Unruh
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gptkb:David_Deutsch
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gptkb:John_R._Klauder
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gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
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gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Wheeler
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gptkb:Kip_Thorne
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gptkb:delayed_choice_experiment
gptkb:quantum_gravity
gptkb:participatory_anthropic_principle
black holes
coining the term 'black hole'
nuclear fission
participation in Manhattan Project
popularizing the term 'black hole'
quantum mechanics
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gptkb:American_Physical_Society
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gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Gravitation_(book)
Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam (book)
Spacetime Physics (book)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Gravitation_(with_Misner_and_Thorne)
gptkb:Spacetime_Physics_(with_Edwin_F._Taylor)
Geometrodynamics
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Unitarian_Universalism
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gptkb:Janette_Hegner_Wheeler
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gptkb:Manhattan_Engineer_District
gptkb:Site_Y_(Los_Alamos)
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