Comments on: John Archibald Wheeler, 1911 – 2008

By: Radhakrishna

Radhakrishna — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:13:27 +0000

From Net I came to know that wheeler passed away. It is really sad that we have lost a person who contributed for the development of Modern Physics in 20th Century. His Liquid drop model of the nucleus with Dr.Bohr to explain nuclear fission gives glimses of What wheeler is.
Let his soul be at peace in singularity of “Bl;ackhole”
Radhakrishna

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:45:40 +0000

Here’s hoping.

I’ve been dere done dat with the whole depression thing. Keep looking upward and good luck.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:11:35 +0000

Mr. Wheeler was my one of my biggest inspirations. His books are some of the best out there. I’ve always had a secret desire to meet him one day. May God rest his soul.

By: BigHeathenMike

BigHeathenMike — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:56:37 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out to me, Phil. Certainly one of the best tributes to a worthy person I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. As I said in the comments at Daniel’s site; to anyone who has even a passing interest in science, John Wheeler’s are among the shoulders we stand upon.

By: Davidlpf

Davidlpf — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:49:23 +0000

Another is great is gone at least he passed his love of teaching down to his students and hopefully they passed it along. To quote a song “It’s not what you take with you but what you leave behind.”

By: Sili

Sili — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:27:27 +0000

You’re right, of course, QD.

As it turned out I went for Chem and Maths rather than more phsyics – and partly for that reason, I s’pose, I only learn of these giants of the field when it’s too late.

Unfortunately I went down with a nasty depression a while ago now, and I have forgotten most of my maths (didn’t help that I didn’t keep it alive after I went on to try do a Ph.D. in Chem). BUT I’m slowly starting to try relearning some of it. My hope is that once I have some understanding of geometry and analysis again, I might buy Sean Carroll’s book. Here’s hoping.

By: Christian X Burnham

Christian X Burnham — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:05:31 +0000

tracer: No he didn’t. You’re thinking of Fred Hoyle’s coining of the word ‘Big-Bang’, unless I’m mistaken.