Pet Theory Quotes by Arthur Eddington

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• There is only one law of Nature-the second law of thermodynamics-which recognises a distinction between past and future more profound than the…
• Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works…
• Something unknown is doing we don't know what-that is what our theory amounts to.
• There was a time when we wanted to be told what an electron is. The question was never answered. No familiar conceptions…
• Unless the structure of the nucleus has a surprise in store for us, the conclusion seems plain-there is nothing in the whole…
• Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own…
• On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would…
• Schrodinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory but a dodge-and a very good dodge too.
• When an investigator has developed a formula which gives a complete representation of the phenomena within a certain range, he may be…
• A hundred thousand million Stars make one Galaxy; A hundred thousand million Galaxies make one Universe. The figures may not be very…
• If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations-then so much the…
• Our model of Nature should not be like a building-a handsome structure for the populace to admire, until in the course of…

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