John Archibald Wheeler currently holds an emeritus professorship at Princeton University, where he spent most of his career. Kenneth Ford is the retired director of the American Institute of Physics. He recently taught high-school physics and served as science director of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

"A paradigm of scientific autobiography: candid and warm, as clear as crystal…John Wheeler has lived an immensely interesting and important life at the center of physics in the twentieth century."

John Archibald Wheeler currently holds an emeritus professorship at Princeton University, where he spent most of his career. Kenneth Ford is the retired director of the American Institute of Physics. He recently taught high-school physics and served as science director of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

"A paradigm of scientific autobiography: candid and warm, as clear as crystal…John Wheeler has lived an immensely interesting and important life at the center of physics in the twentieth century."

John Archibald Wheeler currently holds an emeritus professorship at Princeton University, where he spent most of his career. Kenneth Ford is the retired director of the American Institute of Physics. He recently taught high-school physics and served as science director of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

"A paradigm of scientific autobiography: candid and warm, as clear as crystal…John Wheeler has lived an immensely interesting and important life at the center of physics in the twentieth century."