The laws of physics that we regard as 'sacred,' as immutable, are anything but. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
We will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am by nature… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
It from Bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom an immaterial source and explanation... that… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
“Individual events. Events beyond law. Events so numerous and so uncoordinated that, flaunting their freedom from formula, they yet fabricate firm form.” — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
No space, no time, no gravity, no electromagnetism, no particles. Nothing. We are back where Plato, Aristotle and Parmenides struggled with the… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
Time, among all concepts in the world of physics, puts up the greatest resistance to being dethroned from ideal continuum to the… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
“Physicists love this number not just because it is dimensionless, but also because it is a combination of three fundamental constants of… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
“Never make a calculation until you know the answer. Make an estimate before every calculation, try a simple physical argument (symmetry! invariance! conservation!) before… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
Time, among all concepts in the world of physics, puts up the greatest resistance to being dethroned from ideal continuum to the world of… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
The laws of physics that we regard as 'sacred,' as immutable, are anything but. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
There are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider all the angles from… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am by nature a searcher… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
'Participant' is the incontrovertible new concept given by quantum mechanics. It strikes down the 'observer' of classical theory, the man who stands safely behind… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
We will first understand how simple the universe is when we recognize how strange it is. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
Of all heroes , Spinoza was Einstein 's greatest. No one expressed more strongly then he a belief in the harmony , the beauty… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense this is aparticipatory universe. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
