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Arthur S. Eddington, FRS, (1882-1944) was one of the most prominent British scientists of his time. He made major contributions to astrophysics and to the broader understanding of the revolutionary theories of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is famed for his astronomical observations of 1919, confirming Einstein's prediction of the curving of the paths of starlight, and he was the first major interpreter of Einstein's physics to the English-speaking world. His 1928 book, The Nature of th...

Physics --- Science --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Philosophy. --- Eddington, Arthur Stanley, --- Eddington, A. S. --- Eddington, Arthur,