Whatever else there may be in our nature, responsibility toward truth is one of its attributes. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Philosophically, the notion of a beginning of the present order of Nature is repugnant to me ... I should like to find… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
In any attempt to bridge the domains of experience belonging to the spiritual and physical sides of nature, time occupies the key… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
When an investigator has developed a formula which gives a complete representation of the phenomena within a certain range, he may be… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“The law that entropy always increases holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out to… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Life would be stunted and narrow if we could feel no significance in the world around us beyond that which can be… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind put… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained from nature that which the mind has… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Our model of Nature should not be like a building-a handsome structure for the populace to admire, until in the course of… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is a good… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Proof is an idol before which the mathematician tortures himself. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them;… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
There was a time when we wanted to be told what an electron is. The question was never answered. No familiar conceptions can be… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
To the pure geometer the radius of curvature is an incidental characteristic - like the grin of the Cheshire cat. To the physicist it… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
The universe will finally become a ball of radiation, becoming more and more rarified and passing into longer and longer wave-lengths. The longest waves… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingers. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
If your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
![“Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works of Nature with the astronomer, or the minutest works with the physicist. ... [K]nowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached…” quote by Arthur Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/546/arthur-eddington-8366_astronomers_man-is-slightly-nearer-to-the-atom-than_2665007.jpg)
