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Arthur Eddington - The philosophy of physical science (1939)

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I believe there are 15,747, 724,136, 275,002, 577,605, 653,961, 181,555, 468,044, 717,914, 527,116, 709,366, 231,025, 076,185, 631,031,296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons.

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The mathematics is not there till we put it there.

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We have discovered that it is actually an aid in the search for knowledge to understand the nature of the knowledge we seek.

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For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal.

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Between physics and philosophy there lies a debatable territory which I shall call scientific epistemology.

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He is an incorruptible watch-dog who will not allow anything to pass which is not observationally true.

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Arthur Eddington
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Born: December 28, 1882
Died: November 22, 1944 (aged 61)
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