The simpler elements of the scientific world have no immedi… - Arthur Eddington

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The simpler elements of the scientific world have no immediate counterparts in everyday experience; we use them to build things which have counterparts.

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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington OM FRS (28 December 1882 – 22 November 1944) was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.

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Alternative Names: Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington • Sir Arthur Eddington

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