On one occasion when Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he was writing—after a pause came the reply, 'Perhaps seven.'


A. V. Douglas, The Life of Arthur Stanley Eddington (1956)


On one occasion when Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he...

On one occasion when Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he...

On one occasion when Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he...

On one occasion when Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he...