Author: Arthur Eddington

Quotes

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 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

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature.

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put into nature.

- 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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