Of all heroes , Spinoza was Einstein 's greatest. No one expressed more strongly then he a belief in the harmony , the beauty , and most of all the ultimate comprehensibility of nature. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
“Never make a calculation until you know the answer. Make an estimate before every calculation, try a simple physical argument (symmetry! invariance! conservation!) before every derivation, guess the answer to every paradox and puzzle. Courage: No one else needs to know what the guess is. Therefore make it quickly, by instinct. A right guess reinforces this instinct. A wrong guess… — 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 the discrete, of information, of bits… Of all obstacles to a thoroughly penetrating account of existence, none looms up more dismayingly than 'time.' Explain time? Not without explaining existence. Explain existence? Not without explaining time. To… — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share
The laws of physics that we regard as 'sacred,' as immutable, are anything but. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
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 Image
If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day. — John Archibald Wheeler Copy Share Image
In order to more fully understand this reality, we must take into account other dimensions of a broader reality. — 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 a searcher… — 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 safely behind… — 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
