Arthur Stanley Eddington

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astronomer astrophysicist human mathematician physicist science writer

Arthur Stanley Eddington was a pioneering 20th-century British astrophysicist and mathematician known for his work on general relativity, stellar structure, and the 1919 eclipse expedition that confirmed Einstein’s theory of gravity.

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Arthur Stanley Eddington canonical 17
Arthur Eddington 11
A. S. Eddington 2

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instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
science writer ⓘ
awardReceived Bruce Medal ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Henry Draper Medal ⓘ
Prix Jules Janssen ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1882-12-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1944-11-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Owens College ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
University of Manchester ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Eddington ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
stellar structure ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName Arthur Stanley Eddington self-link ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Arthur Schuster ⓘ
hasHonorificSuffix FRS ⓘ
OM ⓘ
hasOccupation researcher ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
influenced Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Hermann Bondi ⓘ
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
influencedBy Albert Einstein ⓘ
knownFor 1919 solar eclipse expedition ⓘ
Schwarzschild–Milne equations ⓘ
surface form: Eddington approximation

Eddington limit ⓘ
Eddington limit ⓘ
surface form: Eddington luminosity

Eddington limit ⓘ
surface form: Eddington mass-luminosity relation

Eddington number ⓘ
Eddington standard model of stars ⓘ
Eddington–Finkelstein coordinates ⓘ
experimental confirmation of general relativity ⓘ
popularizing Einstein’s theory of relativity in the English-speaking world ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
memberOf Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
surface form: Quakers

Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
namedAfter Eddington crater ⓘ
surface form: Eddington (lunar crater)

Eddington crater ⓘ
notableIdea philosophical idealism in physics ⓘ
relation between microphysics and macrophysics ⓘ
notableWork Space, Time and Gravitation ⓘ
The Internal Constitution of the Stars ⓘ
The Mathematical Theory of Relativity ⓘ
The Nature of the Physical World ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Kendal ⓘ
Westmorland, England ⓘ
surface form: Westmorland
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridgeshire

England ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Cambridge Observatory ⓘ
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
religion Quakerism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society → notableRecipient → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
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subject surface form: 1919 solar eclipse expedition
Eddington number → namedAfter → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
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The Internal Constitution of the Stars → author → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
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The Internal Constitution of the Stars → author → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
Space, Time and Gravitation → author → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
Space, Time and Gravitation → author → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
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The Mathematical Theory of Relativity → author → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
The Mathematical Theory of Relativity → author → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
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The Nature of the Physical World → author → Arthur Stanley Eddington ⓘ
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