Arthur Eddington Quote

The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and not like an Act of Parliament. I take it that the aim of such books must be to convey exact thought in inexact language...he can never succeed without the co-operation of the reader.


Messenger Lectures (1934), New Pathways in Science (1935)


The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and not like an Act of...

The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and not like an Act of...

The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and not like an Act of...

The understanding between a non-technical writer and his reader is that he shall talk more or less like a human being and not like an Act of...