John Wheeler

Coined term 'wormhole'; developed conceptual description

Co-predictor of Breit-Wheeler process; coined 'wormhole' term

Developer hydrogen bomb coffee cup reference empty space contains enormous energy vaporize Earth oceans

Coined terms black holes and wormholes, calculated vacuum energy density

Renamed wormholes and demonstrated their instability.

Credited with coining terms black hole and possibly wormhole describing spacetime structures

Coined terms 'black hole' and 'wormhole'; developed 'It from Bit' theory with Rolf Landauer

Mentor to Feynman; coined the term 'black hole'.

Work regarding spacetime involving matter interaction

Quoted for 'Space-time tells matter how to move. Matter tells space-time how to curve.'

Cited in Froning’s book regarding the nature of spacetime.