with Albert Einstein, debating the meaning of quantum theory. With Bryce DeWitt he dared to apply the strangeness of the quantum world to the universe as a whole, founding the field of quantum cosmology and writing down the infamous Wheeler-DeWitt equation - the "wavefunction of the universe" - or as DeWitt calls it, "that damned equation". With his flair for poetry, Wheeler coined the terms "black hole" and "wormhole", words that captured the imaginations of physicists and the public alike.from New Scientist: Quantum pioneer John Wheeler dies
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