Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate. One thing at least is certain, light has weight. One thing is certain and the rest debate. Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight.

Quote by Arthur Eddington

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Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

Something unknown is doing we don't know what.

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...

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 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...

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

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

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give...

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

Shuffling is the only thing which Nature cannot undo.

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...

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...

Who will observe the observers?

Who will observe the observers?

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

The mathematics is not there till we put it there.