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Sir Arthur Eddington

English astronomer (1882 - 1944)

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We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own.
For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court; our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted. But it does follow that every item of physical knowledge is of a form which might be submitted to the Court. It must be such that we can specify (although it may be impracticable to carry out) an observational procedure which would decide whether it is true or not. Clearly a statement cannot be tested by observation unless it is an assertion about the results of observation. Every item of physical knowledge must therefore be an assertion of what has been or would be the result of carrying out a specified observational procedure.
I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars.
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted. But it does follow that every item of physical knowledge is of a form which might be submitted to the Court. It must be such that we can specify (although it may be impracticable to carry out) an observational procedure which would decide whether it is true or not. Clearly a statement cannot be tested by observation unless it is an assertion about the results of observation. Every item of physical knowledge must therefore be an assertion of what has been or would be the result of carrying out a specified observational procedure.
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong.
It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist.
The mathematics is not there till we put it there.
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers.
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How an Eclipse Proved Einstein Right
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Arthur Eddington Biography in English
How did Eddington prove Einstein theory?
The Eddington Eclipse Experiment of 1919
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Eddington and the 1919 eclipse
Does Time Have a Direction?
Eddington Eclipse Experiment - English
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Sir Arthur Eddington Solar Eclipse Observation
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Sir Arthur Eddington’s Solar Eclipse Experiment Documentary by Mitchell Vines
Sir Arthur Eddington Solar Eclipse Observation
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Sir Arthur Eddington Solar Eclipse Observation
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Sir Arthur Eddington's Solar Eclipse Observation experiment
Sir Arthur Eddington Interview
Unveiling Cosmic Mysteries | Sir Arthur Eddington
Arthur Young: Einstein, Eddington and Uncertainty
LA BIBLIOTECA IDEAL, 134: Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944) (I)
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, Biografica
Sir Arthur Eddington Solar Eclipse interview
Alan Watts Quoting Sir Arthur Eddington
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The Life of Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington in a Nutshell - Science Project Video
Sir Arthur Eddington's Solar Eclipse Observations
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Sir Arthur Eddington's Solar Eclipse Observations Phys 2
Einstein i Eddington (2008) - trailer Cinemax
Einstein's Revolutionary Theory #viral #shorts #einstein
William Lane Craig on Sir Arthur Eddington's prediction of Stephen Hawking's Trick
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Science and Mysticism. In Praise of Spiritual Wonder. A Deep Insight by Sir Arthur Eddington.
Sir Arthur Eddington’s Solar Eclipse Observations
Arthur Stanley Eddington: Bridging Science and Philosophy｜Philosopher Biography
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104 years ago, Sir Arthur Eddington photographed the total solar eclipse
Episode 3.49.2: Supplemental-Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Seeker's Journey
Capstone: Sir Arthur Eddington's Solar Eclipse Observations

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