Ukrainian philosopher, orator, artist | Vasylivka: July 9, 1988 - Genoa: June 30, 1650 | Mykola Ovcharov | Vasylivka: July 9, 1988 - Genoa: June 30, 1650
John Archibald Wheeler
- Jacksonville: July 9, 1911 celebration
- Hightstown: April 13, 2008 celebration


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United States -
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John Archibald Wheeler -
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celebration Date of birth
Jacksonville: July 9, 1911 -
deceased Rest in Peace
Hightstown: April 13, 2008 -
language Official Website
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engineering Field of Work
- physics
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local_library teacher
- Niels Bohr
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person_book Student
- Richard Feynman
- Kip S. Thorne
- Hugh Everett III
- Jacob Bekenstein
- W. G. Unruh
- Masami Wakano
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school Education
- Johns Hopkins University
- New York University
- Rayen High School
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trophy Awards & Honors
- National Medal of Science (1970)
- Wolf Prize in Physics (1996)
- Oskar Klein Medal (1992)
- J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1984)
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1995)
- Golden Plate Award (1966)
- Science Writing Award (1999)
- Enrico Fermi Award (1968)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1949)
- Einstein Prize (2003)
- Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1982)
- Matteucci Medal (1993)
- Albert Einstein Award (1965)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1946)
- Oersted Medal (1983)
- Albert Einstein Medal (1988)
- Marcel Grossmann Award (1989)
- Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1954)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Franklin Medal (1969)
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social_leaderboard Notable Works
- wormhole
- neutron moderator
- quantum foam
- Breit–Wheeler process
- American physicist | National Medal of Science (1970), Wolf Prize in Physics (1996), Oskar Klein Medal (1992), J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1984)