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# Herbert Dingle

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Herbert Dingle was an English physicist and philosopher of science, who served as president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1951 to 1953. He is best known for his opposition to Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and the protracted controversy that this provoked.

##  Quotes by Herbert Dingle

> [“It is ironical that, in the very field in which Science has claimed superiority to Theology, for example - in the abandoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-dingle/it-is-ironical-that-in-the-very-field-in-which-science-has-claimed/)

Herbert Dingle

[Absolute freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-freedom/)

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