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Biografia. ( EN) «It from a bit.» ( IT) «La realtà origina dall'informazione» Conseguì il dottorato nel 1933 alla Johns Hopkins University con una tesi sulla dispersione e l'assorbimento dell' elio. Dal 1938 al 1976 fu professore di fisica alla Princeton University e successivamente alla University of Texas ad Austin .
John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008) was 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.
14 apr 2008 · The New York Times. By Dennis Overbye. April 14, 2008. John A. Wheeler, a visionary physicist and teacher who helped invent the theory of nuclear fission, gave black holes their name and...
John Archibald Wheeler, 1911-2008. Over a long, productive scientific life, he was known for his drive to address big, overarching questions in physics, subjects which he liked to say merged with philosophical questions about the origin of matter, information and the universe. He was a young contemporary of Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, was a ...
15 apr 2024 · John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.—died April 13, 2008, Hightstown, New Jersey) was a physicist, the first American involved in the theoretical development of the atomic bomb. He also originated a novel approach to the unified field theory and popularized the term black hole.
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Filosofia della scienza. John Archibald Wheeler. Albert Einstein e la teoria quantistica. Dio non gioca a dadi con l`universo. -0:00. Caricato. Stato. Il fisico John Archibald Wheeler (1911 - 2008) ricorda la figura di Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) e le sue polemiche con Niels Bohr a proposito della fisica quantistica.
Prof. di fisica dal 1947 all'univ. di Princeton e successivamente presso quella del Texas, ha fornito, in collab. con N. Bohr, l'interpretazione del fenomeno della fissione nucleare (nota come la Teoria di Bohr-W .). Ha inoltre sviluppato l'universalità delle interazioni deboli.
