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The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

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Arthur Eddington
Age: 61 †
Born: 1882
Born: December 28
Died: 1944
Died: November 22
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Philosopher
Physicist
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Sir Arthur Eddington
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[When thinking about the new relativity and quantum theories] I have felt a homesickness for the paths of physical science where there are ore or less discernible handrails to keep us from the worst morasses of foolishness.
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Our ultimate analysis of space leads us not to a here and a there, but to an extension such as that which relates here and there. To put the conclusion rather crudely-space is not a lot of points close together it is a lot of distances interlocked.
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It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.
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The physical world is entirely abstract and without actuality apart from its linkage to consciousness.
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There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears That in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune.
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Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.
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The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and not like an Act of Parliament. I take it that the aim of such books must be to convey exact thought in inexact language... he can never succeed without the co-operation of the reader.
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The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific theory.
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It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist.
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In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'.
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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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Time is the supreme Law of nature.
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A hundred thousand million Stars make one Galaxy A hundred thousand million Galaxies make one Universe. The figures may not be very trustworthy, but I think they give a correct impression.
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An electron is no more (and no less) hypothetical than a star. Nowadays we count electrons one by one in a Geiger counter, as we count the stars one by one on a photographic plate.
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Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.
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It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
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In any attempt to bridge the domains of experience belonging to the spiritual and physical sides of nature, time occupies the key position.
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An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.
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You cannot disturb the tiniest petal of a flower without the troubling of a distant star.
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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'.
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