John Wheeler Image source: Princeton University John Wheeler was an American physicist who co-wrote the book on Gravitation and advanced the idea that everything in the universe derives from bits of information. Quotes by John Wheeler in Time OneEverything important is, at bottom, utterly simple. More about John Wheeler “John A. Wheeler, Physicist Who Coined the Term ‘Black Hole,’ Is Dead at 96” “Pioneering Physicist John Wheeler Dies at 96” Gravitation Hermann Weyl Whipping Boy