Author: Arthur Eddington

Quotes

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.

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

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

- 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'.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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