It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot.

About John Archibald 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 to explain the basic principles of nuclear fission.

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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.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

In any field, find the strangest thing and then explore it.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

No phenomenon is a real phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

Behind it all is surely an idea so simple, so beautiful, that when we grasp it – in a decade, a century, or a millennium – we will all say to each other, how could it have been otherwise? How could we have been so stupid?

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

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.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

It was the defining event and remains a thousand degrees hot.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist