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Monday, April 14, 2008

John A. Wheeler, 1911-2008

Obituary on the NYT, by Dennis Overbye:

John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘Black Hole,’ Is Dead at 96


Posted by Often at 3:31 PM
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