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But some numbers, called dimensionless numbers, have the same numerical value no matter what units o...

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Physicists love this number not just because it is dimensionless, but also because it is a combinati...

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Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.

Individual events. Events beyond law. Events so numerous and so uncoordinated that, flaunting their ...

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Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the...

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John Archibald Wheeler

Physicist

Born: 1911-07-09

Died: 2008-04-13

John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911 – April 13, 2008) was an eminent American theoretical physicist. One of the later collaborators of Albert Einstein, he tried to achieve Einstein's vision of a unified field theory. He is also known for having coined the term wormhole and the phrase "it from bit". He also popularized the term black hole (In December 1967, a student reportedly suggested the phrase "black hole" at a lecture by John Wheeler; Wheeler adopted the term for its brevity and "advertising value", and it quickly caught on, leading some to credit Wheeler with coining the phrase.).More