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Date: Jul 9 08:53 2011

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John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 - April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist who 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. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein's vision of a unified field theory. He is also known for having coined the terms black hole, quantum foam and wormhole and the phrase "it from bit". For most of his career, Wheeler was a professor at Princeton University and was influential in mentoring a generation of physicists who made notable contributions to quantum mechanics and gravitation. Read more __________________

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Date: Apr 14 19:05 2008

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John Wheeler, the legendary physicist who helped to develop the theory of nuclear fission and coined the term black hole, died yesterday at the age of 96. Wheeler, who spent most of his academic career at Princeton University, was supervisor to a roll call of great names in physics, including Richard Feynman, cosmologist Kip Thorne and many-worlds theorist Hugh Everett. Source __________________

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Date: Apr 14 16:32 2008

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John A. Wheeler, a visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name and argued about the nature of reality with Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, died Sunday morning at his home in Hightstown, N.J. He was 96. Read more __________________

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