Arthur Stanley Eddington Quotes


Asked in 1919 whether it was true that only three people in the world understood the theory of general relativity [Eddington] allegedly replied: 'Who's the third?

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit the light beckons ahead and the purpose surging in our nature responds.