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...
The mathematics is not there till we put it there. Arthur Eddington
The mathematics is not there till we put it there.
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset. Arthur Eddington
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. Arthur Eddington
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'. Arthur Eddington
We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'.
Something unknown is doing we don't know what. Arthur Eddington
Something unknown is doing we don't know what.