Best Arthur Eddington Sayings
- 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… Analysis
- There is no space without aether, and no aether which does not occupy space. Aether
- In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as "the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'." Aether
- 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
- The helium which we handle must have been put together at some time and some place. We do not argue with the critic who urges… Argue
- Observation and theory get on best when they are mixed together, both helping one another in the pursuit of truth. It is a good rule… Add
- Falling in love is one of the activities forbidden that tiresome person, the consistently reasonable man. Activities
- Life would be stunted and narrow if we could feel no significance in the world around us beyond that which can be weighed and measured… Beyond
- Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory. Been
- 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.… Certain
- 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… All
- Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't. Body
- 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. Confidence
- Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter. Annihilation
- An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water. Engineering
- We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong. Accident
- 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… Ahead
- It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall be competent to understand so simple a thing as a… Competent
- Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. Idol
- If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to… Collapse
- We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. Footprint
- It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature the laws which it has itself put into them; it… Control
- 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. Even Possible
- Something unknown is doing we don't know what. Something Unknown