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The job of a theoretical physicist is to make mistakes as fast as possible .
John Archibald Wheeler
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John Archibald Wheeler
Age: 96 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 19
Died: 2008
Died: April 13
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Non-Fiction Writer
Nuclear Physicist
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Theoretical Physicist
University Teacher
Jacksonville
Florida
J Wheeler
John A. Wheeler
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Surely where there's smoke there's fire? No, where there's so much smoke there's smoke.
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