British - Scientist | December 28, 1882 - November 22, 1944
We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We forget that we still have to make a study of 'and.'
Arthur Eddington
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Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.
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Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.
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Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter.
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Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.
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Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
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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.
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It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.
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