Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Schrodinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory but a dodge-and a very good dodge too. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Something unknown is doing we don't know what-that is what our theory amounts to. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as "the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'." — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
I don't believe any experiment until it is confirmed by theory. I find this is a witty inversion of "conventional" wisdom. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
[When thinking about the new relativity and quantum theories] I have felt a homesickness for the paths of physical science where there… — 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… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
In Einstein's theory of relativity the observer is a man who sets out in quest of truth armed with a measuring-rod. In… — 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… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
The idea of a universal mind or Logos would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of scientific… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
There is only one law of Nature-the second law of thermodynamics-which recognises a distinction between past and future more profound than the… — 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
If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations-then so much the… — 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… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
But it is necessary to insist more strongly than usual that what I am putting before you is a model-the Bohr model… — 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
An electron is no more (and no less) hypothetical than a star. Nowadays we count electrons one by one in a Geiger… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
The electron, as it leaves the atom, crystallises out of Schrödinger's mist like a genie emerging from his bottle. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
Electrical force is defined as something which causes motion of electrical charge; an electrical charge is something which exerts electric force. — 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
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
Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share
Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
Human life is proverbially uncertain; few things are more certain than the solvency of a life-insurance company. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share
[When thinking about the new relativity and quantum theories] I have felt a homesickness for the paths of physical science where there are ore… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share
There is no space without aether, and no aether which does not occupy space. — Arthur Eddington Copy Share
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