Let the observer place himself so that he is, to the best of his knowledge, at rest. If he is a normal human being, he will seat himself in an arm-chair; if he is an astronomer, he will place himself on the sun or at the centre of the stellar universe.


Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity, Theory, Chapter II (p. 38)

Arthur Eddington Quotes

Let the observer place himself so that he is, to the best of his knowledge, at rest. If he is a normal human being, he will seat himself in an...

Let the observer place himself so that he is, to the best of his knowledge, at rest. If he is a normal human being, he will seat himself in an...

Let the observer place himself so that he is, to the best of his knowledge, at rest. If he is a normal human being, he will seat himself in an...

Let the observer place himself so that he is, to the best of his knowledge, at rest. If he is a normal human being, he will seat himself in an...