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",...
beautiful simple ideas
It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different.
description observation left
The observer cannot be left out of the description of the observation.
believe speak reason
Now is the time for everyone who believes in the rule of reason to speak up against pathological science and its purveyors.
hero belief spinoza
Of all heroes , Spinoza was Einstein 's greatest. No one expressed more strongly then he a belief in the harmony , the beauty , and most of all the ultimate comprehensibility of nature .
simple firsts strange
We will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is.
thinking perspective might
There are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider all the angles from which we might gain perspective on our amazing universe and the nature of existence.
ideas world information
It from Bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom an immaterial source and explanation... that all things physical are information-theoretic in origin and that this is a participatory universe.
science reality order
In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.
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.
jobs mistake physicist
The job of a theoretical physicist is to make mistakes as fast as possible .
wall men glasses
'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind the thick glass wall and watches what goes on without taking part. It can't be done, quantum mechanics says it...May the universe in some sense be 'brought into being' by the participation of those who participate?
hate appreciate loving-you
To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love. So maybe I'll end up loving your theory.
giving birth consciousness
The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.
philosophy thinking way
I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy of our times