Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can move the Earth

— Archimedes 200 BC

John Wheeler (1911-2008)

By Kevin at Mon, 04/14/2008 - 6:34pm

John Wheeler, the great physicist who coined the term "black hole", passed away yesterday: http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/04/13/goodbye/

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=pioneering-physicist-john-wheeler-dies