John Archibald Wheeler: A few highlights of his contributions to physics |
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| Authors: | Kip S. Thorne Wojciech H. Zurek |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Physics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 91125 Pasadena, California;(2) Theoretical Astrophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 87545 Los Alamos, New Mexico |
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| Abstract: | The following quotations describe in  nutshells a few highlights of John Archibald Wheeler's contributions to physics. The contributions are arranged in roughly the following order: (i) concrete research results, (ii) innovative ideas that have become foundations for the research of others, (iii) insights that give guidance for the development of physics over the coming decades. Since most of Wheeler's work contains strong elements of two or even all three of these characteristics, the editors have not attempted to delineate the dividing lines between the three categories. |
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