Ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους θεωρητικούς φυσικούς του 20ου αιώνα πέθανε χτες, αφήνοντας τοον κόσμο της Φυσικής φτωχότερο.
This was John Archibald Wheeler, one of the legends of modern physics. He did foundational work on quantum mechanics, collaborating with Niels Bohr on some of the earliest work in nuclear fission. He invented the S-matrix. He played important roles in both the Manhattan project (atomic bomb) and the Matterhorn project (Hydrogen bomb). He made major contributions to general relativity, co-authoring with Charlie Misner and Kip Thorne the bible of the field. He was legendary for his way with words, coining such terms as wormholes, quantum foam, black holes, and the wave function of the Universe (the Wheeler-DeWitt equation). He trained generations of students; one of his first was Richard Feynman.
(από τη νεκρολογία ενός από τους μαθητές του στο cosmic variance)