Skip to main content

John Wheeler

Education

B.A. - Oberlin College (1963)

Ph.D. - Cornell University (1967)

Awards and Academic Honors

Coming soon!

Primary Research Area

  • Physical/Analytical Chemistry

Interdisciplinary Interests

Coming soon!

Selected Publications

  1. Tetracritical and Novel Tricritical Points in Sulfur Solutions. With L. R. Corrales. J. Chem. Phys. 90, 5030 (1989). (1989)

  2. Chemical Reaction Driven Phase Transitions and Critical Points. With L. R. Corrales. J. Chem. Phys. 91, 7097 (1989). (1989)

  3. Monte Carlo Study of a Microscopic Lattice Model for Microemulsions. With T.P. Stockfisch. J. Chem. Phys., 99, 6155 (1993). (1993)

  4. Tetracritical and Novel Tricritical Points in a Model Magnet. With P. Pfeuty. Physica 244, 476 (1997). (1997)

  5. Critique of ``Centrifugal Gas Compression Cycle', in Quantum Limits to the Second Law: First International Conference, D.P. Sheehan, Ed. AIP Conference Proceeding 643, (2002), p 345-351. (2002)

  6. Thermodynamic Analysis of the Amin Engine, in Quantum Limits to the Second Law: First International Conference, D.P. Sheehan, Ed. AIP Conference Proceeding 643, (2002), p 352-358. (2002)

  7. Entropy Does not Follow from the First Law: Critique of ``Entropy and the First Law of Thermodynamics'. The Chemical Educator, 8, 171-176 (2003). (2003)

  8. Resolution of a Classical Gravitational Second-Law Paradox. Foundations of Physics, 34, 1029-1062 (2004). (2004)

Photo of wheeler_john_c

Contact Information

Titles:
  • Edward A. Dickson Professor Emeritus

Office: N/A

Phone: 858-534-3287

Email: jwheeler@ucsd.edu

Web: N/A