Eyecatchers-65: "John Wheeler and Black Holes"

John Wheeler, a physicist who coined the term "black hole," died at age 96. In his 1999 autobiography he explained what can be learned by studying black holes: "That space can be crumpled like a piece of paper," he wrote, "into an infinitesimal dot."

Courtesy: Paul Ford, HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW, April 15, 2008.

For more info on John Wheeler and Black Holes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler

http://www.usd.edu/phys/courses/phys300/gallery/clark/wheeler.html

http://iht.com/articles/2008/04/14/america/obits.php