John A. Wheeler
John A. Wheeler
John Archibald Wheelerwas an American theoretical physicist. He was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission. Together with Gregory Breit, Wheeler developed the concept of Breit–Wheeler process. He is best known for linking the term "black hole" to objects with gravitational collapse already predicted early in the 20th century, for coining the terms "quantum foam", "neutron moderator",...
strange
We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is a participatory universe.
funny time happenings
Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.
description observation left
The observer cannot be left out of the description of the observation.
plato space answers
No space, no time, no gravity, no electromagnetism, no particles. Nothing. We are back where Plato, Aristotle and Parmenides struggled with the great questions: How Come the Universe, How Come Us, How Come Anything? But happily also we have around the answer to these questions. That's us.
grace strange found
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
strange observers universe
We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe.
hot defining events
It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot.
curiosity trying strange
I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am by nature a searcher trying to understand. If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.
museums wonder cathedrals
This is *our* Universe, our museum of wonder and beauty, our cathedral.
science fields exploration
In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.