Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington OM FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician of the early 20th century who did his greate...
If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation. Arthur Eddington
If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them. Arthur Eddington
It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.
Who will observe the observers? Arthur Eddington
Who will observe the observers?
Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter. Arthur Eddington
Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.
Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't. Arthur Eddington
Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.
The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world. Arthur Eddington
The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.
We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. Arthur Eddington
We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.
If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum. Arthur Eddington
If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.
It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star. Arthur Eddington
It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a star.
Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo. Arthur Eddington
Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory. Arthur Eddington
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We forget that we still have to make a study of 'and.' Arthur Eddington
We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We forget that we still have to make a study of 'and.'