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John Archibald Wheeler has been driven by his curiosity about the 鈥渓aws on
which all else is built鈥攄eep happy mysteries, I like to call them鈥�.
Inspired by the idea that 鈥淓verything Is Particles鈥�, in 1952 he fell in love
with general relativity and gravitation (Everything Is Fields). Now he is 鈥渋n
the grip of a new vision, that Everything Is Information鈥� (see Editorial, p 3,
and 鈥淚 is the law鈥�, p 24). In Geons, Black Holes & Quantum Foam, written
with Kenneth Ford, he remembers his extraordinary life. He coined the terms
鈥渂lack hole鈥� and 鈥渜uantum foam鈥�, worked on fission, geons and gravity. His
collaborators are 20th-century physics: share a train ride with Fermi, a gossip
with Einstein, work with Bohr, G枚del and Penrose. An elegantly written,
enthralling account of the gravity man. Published by W. W. Norton,
$27.95, ISBN 0393046427.