Arthur Eddington Quotes

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It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has its...

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Astronomer

Born: 1882-12-28

Died: 1944-11-22

Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington OM FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.More

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