By his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein has provked a revolution of thought in physical science. The aim of this book is to give an account of Einstein's work without introducing anything very technical in the way of mathematics, physics, or philosophy.

By his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein has provoked a revolution of thought in physical science. The aim of this book is to give an account of Einstein's work without introducing anything very technical in the way of mathematics, physics, or philosophy.

Physicist and astronomer Arthur Eddington tested Einstein's Theory of Relativity at an eclipse in 1919. A lifelong Quaker, his 1929 Swarthmore Lecture explores how science and religion define and look at reality. 'You will understand the true spirit neither of science nor of religion unless seeking is placed in the forefront.' 'He puts a strong line against simplistic reductionism in relation to our minds . He emphasizes that when we ask the question, "What are we to think of it all? What is it all about?," the answer must embrace but not be limited to the scientific answer. His lecture explores this in a delightful way, that remains fully relevant today.' - Prof. George Ellis 'The attitude of the scientist, here so admirably explained, is the attitude, also, of the mystic. Experience, to both, is what matters most."'- The Sufi Quarterly, 1929.

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Die Relativitatstheorie Albert Einsteins bedeutet eme Gedankenumwalzung in der physikalischen Wissenschaft. Seine Tat besteht im wesentlichen in folgendem: Es ist ihm gelungen, weit vollstandiger als es bisher der Fall war, den Anteil des Beobachters und den Anteil der Aussenwelt an den Dingen, die wir wahrnehmen, voneinander zu trennen. Die Wahrnehmung eines Gegenstandes ist abhangig von der Stellung des Beobachters und den Umstanden, unter denen er sich befindet. Z. B. bewirkt die Entfernung, dass der Gegen stand kleiner und weniger hell erscheint. Dies berucksichtigen wir schon (beinahe unbewusst) bei der Erklarung unserer Wahr nehmungen. Nunmehr stellt sich aber heraus, dass die Beruck sichtigung der Bewegung des Beobachters bisher nicht gen au genug gewesen ist - was man nicht bemerkt hatte, weil praktisch genommen alle Beobachter nahe die gleiche Bewegung, namlich die der Erde, aufweisen. Es zeigt sich, dass der physikalische Raum und die physikalische Zeit in engem Zu sammenhang mit der Bewegung des Beobachters stehen; nur eine gestaltlose Vereinigung beider bleibt in der Aussenwelt zuruck. Wenn: Raum und Zeit auf -ihren eigentlichen Ur sprung - den Beobachter - verwiesen werden, dann bekommt die Welt der Natur ein hochst merkwurdiges Aussehen. In Wirklichkeit ist sie einfacher geworden, die den Haupterschei nungen zugrunde liegende Einheit tritt nunmehr klar zutage. Die Folgerungen, zu denen man auf diesem Wege gefuhrt wird, haben sich (mit einer noch nicht ganz aufgeklarten Ausnahme), soweit sie experimentell gepruft werden konnten, bestatigt."

2013 Reprint of 1923 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was a British astrophysicist of the early 20th century. He was also a philosopher of science and a popularizer 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 honor. He is also famous for his work regarding the theory of relativity. He wrote a number of articles which announced and explained Einstein's theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world. World War I severed many lines of scientific communication and new developments in German science were not well known in England, and vice versa. He also conducted an expedition to observe the Solar eclipse of 29 May 1919 that provided one of the earliest confirmations of relativity, and he became known for his popular expositions and interpretations of the theory.

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1929. The course of Gifford Lectures that Eddington delivered in the University of Edinburgh in January to March 1927. It treats of the philosophical outcome of the great changes of scientific thought which have recently come about. The theory of relativity and the quantum theory have led to strange new conceptions of the physical world; the progress of the principles of thermodynamics has wrought more gradual but no less profound change. The first eleven chapters are for the most part occupied with the new physical theories, with the reasons which have led to their adoption, and especially with the conceptions which seem to underlie them. The aim is to make clear the scientific view of the world as it stands at the present day, and, where it is incomplete, to judge the direction in which modern ideas appear to be tending. In the last four chapters I consider the position which this scientific view should occupy in relation to the wider aspects of human experience, including religion. Contents: The Downfall of Classical Physics; Relativity; Time; The Running-Down of the Universe; Becoming; Gravitation-the Law; Gravitation-the Explanation; Man's Place in the Universe; The Quantum Theory; The New Quantum Theory; World Building; Pointer Readings; Reality; Causation; and Science and Mysticism.