# Information, Physics, Quantum **Domain:** Physics / Information **Doc Type:** Paper Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[John Archibald Wheeler]], [[It from Bit]], [[Quantum Foundations]] --- ## Definition “Information, Physics, Quantum: The Search for Links” is John Archibald Wheeler's 1989 essay developing observer-participancy and the phrase “it from bit.” ## Corpus Context The work gives [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] a primary-source anchor for informational ontology. It should be read alongside, not collapsed into, the later [[Simulation Hypothesis]]. ## Key Insight **This node connects its historical or conceptual subject to the corpus without treating analogy as proof of direct influence.** ## See Also [[John Archibald Wheeler]], [[It from Bit]], [[Quantum Foundations]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] - https://philpapers.org/archive/WHEIPQ.pdf