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John Archibald Wheeler
American theoretical physicist (1911–2008)
John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008) was 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 to explain the basic principles of nuclear fission. Together with Gregory Breit, Wheeler developed the concept of the Breit–Wheeler process. He is best known for popularizing the term "black hole"[1] for objects with gravitational collapse already predicted during the early 20th century, for inventing the terms "quantum foam", "neutron moderator", "wormhole" and "it from bit",[2] and for hypothesizing the "one-electron universe". Stephen Hawking called Wheeler the "hero of the black hole story".[3]
At 21, Wheeler earned his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University under the supervision of Karl Herzfeld. He studied under Breit and Bohr on a National Research Council fellowship. In 1939 he collaborated with Bohr on a series of paper
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Dates
July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008
Authorized Form of Name
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Additional Forms of Names
Uiler, Dzhon Archibal'd, 1911-2008
Wheeler, J. A. (John Archibald), 1911-2008
Wheeler, John Archibald
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-
Abstract
Physicist (atomic and nuclear theory, relativity theory, and cosmology). On the physics faculty at Princeton University from 1938; physicist, Manhattan Engineer District (1942-1945); and Director, Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Texas at Austin (1976-1986).
Important Dates
July 9, 1911Birth, Jacksonville (Fla.).
1933Received Ph.D. in Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (Md.).
1933 – 1934National Research Council (NRC) Fellow, New York University.
1934 – 1935National Research Council (NRC) Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Copenhagen.
1935 – 1938Assistant Professor of Physics (1935-1937) and Associate Professor of Physics (1937-1938), University of North Carolina.
1938 – 2008Assistant Professor of Physics (1938-1945
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John Wheeler
John Wheeler’s Timeline
1911 Jul 9th Born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1933 Received a Ph.D. in Physics from Johns Hopkins University.
19381976 Professor of Physics at Princeton University.
1939 Learned of the discovery of nuclear fission from Niels Bohr.
1939 Pioneered the theory of nuclear fission with Bohr and Enrico Fermi.
19421945 Worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory, Wilmington, DE, and Hanford, WA.
1944 Sep Helped determine that xenon poisoning was responsible for the mysterious shutdown of B Reactor at Hanford.
19501952 Worked on the development of the hydrogen bomb at Princeton and Los Alamos, NM.
1968 Received the Enrico Fermi Award.
1973 Co-authored the landmark textbook “Gravitation” with Charles Misner and Kip Thorne.
19761986 Directed the Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Texas-Austin.
2008 Apr 13th Died in Hightstown, New Jersey.
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