John Archibald Wheeler - Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam (1998)

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Spacetime tells matter how to move; matter tells spacetime how to curve.

John Archibald Wheeler

The black hole] teaches us that space can be crumpled like a piece of paper into an infinitesimal dot, that time can be extinguished like a blown-out flame, and that the laws of physics that we regard as 'sacred,' as immutable, are anything but.

John Archibald Wheeler

There are many modes of thinking about the world around us and our place in it. I like to consider all the angles from which we might gain perspective on our amazing universe and the nature of existence.

John Archibald Wheeler

The reactor... had to contain material to decelerate the neutrons. Fermi, in his straightforward way, called this material a "slower downer". That term got under my skin so much that I was forced to think up a different term. I chose "moderator" and it stuck.

John Archibald Wheeler

The pursuit of science is more than the pursuit of understanding. It is driven by the creative urge, the urge to construct a vision, a map, a picture of the world that gives the world a little more beauty and coherence than it had before.

John Archibald Wheeler