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WayneO
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since the "Cloudy Nights Announcements" is locked to mods only.... i just picked a spot and decided to just post it !!
John A. Wheeler.... WSJ
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llanitedave
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Reged: 09/26/05
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It was hard to imagine him as being that old. He always seemed "contemporary"!
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colinsk
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Reged: 01/17/08
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Too bad the obit is gone. Johnny Wheeler was a big inspiration to me as a teenager. What a briliant man.
Here is another article on John Wheeler:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler
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gazerjim
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Wheeler's graduate students include Richard Feynman, Kip Thorne, and Hugh Everett.
The range of human intelligence is astounding. I believe most of us can only dimly sense what these people see as obvious.
I'm still working on the double slit experiment. 
RIP Dr. Wheeler.
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Jim Fisher
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Henry J. Tillman
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starramus
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Reged: 09/01/04
Posts: 1124
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Feynman too never stopped trying to visualize what was happening with the double slit experiment. It may be beyond the capacity of the human mind.
See Wheeler's "Beyond The End Of Time" if you have never read it.
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LesB
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Reged: 12/20/04
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Loc: Z-Hills, FL
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When you live to be that old I wonder if you are surprised at your passing. If you are a physicist I wonder if your faith in logic is shakened by having hung around too long.
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"The genius of humanity is to establish an identity which lies at an ever-increasing distance from our organic nature." Ray Tallis
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zee
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Reged: 07/04/07
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Loc: Arizona (varies)
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Great man. I think it's telling that so many scientists live until they are in their 90's. I attribute it to loving what they do, but that's only a guess.
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