Born | July 9, 1911, Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
Died | April 13, 2008, Hightstown, New Jersey, United States |
Citizenship | USA |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of North Carolina, Princeton University, University of Texas at Austin |
Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.) |
Thesis | Theory of the dispersion and absorption of helium (1933) |
Doctoral students | Jacob Bekenstein, Claudio Bunster, Demetrios Christodoulou, Ignazio Ciufolini, Hugh Everett, Richard Feynman, Kenneth W. Ford, Robert W. Fuller, Robert Geroch, Bei-lok Hu, John R. Klauder, Bahram Mashhoon, Charles Misner, Gilbert Plass, Milton Plesset, Gerald Harris Rosen, Benjamin Schumacher, Kip Thorne, Jayme Tiomno, John S. Toll, Bill Unruh, Robert Wald, Katharine Way, Arthur Wightman |
Known for | Breit–Wheeler process, Wheeler–DeWitt equation, Popularizing the term "black hole", Nuclear fission, Geometrodynamics, General relativity, Unified field theory, Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory, Wheeler's delayed choice experiment, One-electron universe, Geon, S-matrix, Quantum foam, Coining the term "neutron moderator", Coining the term "superspace", Coining the term "wormhole", Lorentzian wormhole, "It from bit", Participatory anthropic principle |
Notable awards | A. Cressy Morrison Prize (1945), Albert Einstein Award (1965), Enrico Fermi Award (1968), Franklin Medal (1969), National Medal of Science (1970), Oersted Medal (1983), J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1984), Albert Einstein Medal (1988), Matteucci Medal (1993), Wolf Prize in Physics (1997), Einstein Prize (APS) (2003) |
Spouse | Janette Hegner |
Over John Archibald Wheeler
Natuurkundige John Archibald Wheeler werd geboren in Florida, United States op Juli 9, 1911. Hij sterft op 94-jarige leeftijd, op April 13, 2006.
Invloedrijke fysicus van de Princeton University die met Neils Bohr en Physicist Albert Einstein aan atoomtheorie werkte en hielp bij de ontwikkeling van de atoombom als onderdeel van het Manhattan-project. Hij is ook opmerkelijk voor het bedenken van de termen kwantumschuim, wormgat en de uitdrukking 'het van een beetje'.
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John Archibald Wheeler voor roem
John Archibald Wheeler was born in the Zodiac sign Kreeft (The Crab), and 1911 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.
Hij ontwikkelde een vroege interesse in wetenschap door het lezen van wetenschappelijke publicaties en promoveerde vervolgens aan de Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Prestaties van John Archibald Wheeler
Naast zijn werk aan atoomtheorie, bestudeerde hij de resultaten van de ineenstorting van de zwaartekracht in sterren en bedacht de term 'zwart gat'.
John Archibald Wheeler familieleven
Hij groeide op in Jacksonville, Florida, zijn beide ouders waren bibliothecaris.
Mededelingen van John Archibald Wheeler
Hij, Physicist Niels Bohr en Enrico Fermi pionierden met de theorie van kernsplijting, waarbij atoomdeeltjes die splijten enorme hoeveelheden energie vrijgaven, wat de weg wees voor de creatie van atoomwapens.
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