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Arthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927
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, c...
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author | Eddington, Arthur S Callaway, H G |
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description | 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... |
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spelling | cern-19533542021-04-21T20:51:49Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1953354engEddington, Arthur SCallaway, H GArthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927General Theoretical PhysicsArthur 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...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 the Physical World, here re-issued in a critical, annotated edition, was largely responsible for his fameCambridge Scholars Publ.oai:cds.cern.ch:19533542014 |
spellingShingle | General Theoretical Physics Eddington, Arthur S Callaway, H G Arthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927 |
title | Arthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927 |
title_full | Arthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927 |
title_fullStr | Arthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927 |
title_full_unstemmed | Arthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927 |
title_short | Arthur S. Eddington, The nature of the physical world: Gifford lectures of 1927 |
title_sort | arthur s. eddington, the nature of the physical world: gifford lectures of 1927 |
topic | General Theoretical Physics |
url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1953354 |
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