John Wheeler(1911-2008)

The Wheelers often spent summers on High Island in Maine. His wife, Janette Wheeler, bought their summer home in John's absence and was apprehensive about his reaction to it until, on his first day there, he placed a chair on the front lawn and sat looking at the view for the entire afternoon.

I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am by nature a searcher trying to understand. If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day.