If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.

Quote by Arthur Eddington

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It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall...

It is sound judgment to hope that in the not too distant future we shall...

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and...

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and...

The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown.

It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results...

It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results...

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may...

It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may...

We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all...

We often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all...

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line,...

Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line,...

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained...

We have found that where science has progressed the farthest, the mind has but regained...

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it...

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it...

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light...

Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light...

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.

Who will observe the observers?

Who will observe the observers?

Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of...

Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of...

It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature...

It is one thing for the human mind to extract from the phenomena of nature...