Arthur Stanley Eddington
Auteur de The Nature of the Physical World
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Kendal, England, Arthur Eddington was the son of the headmaster of the Kendal school. At the age of 16, Eddington won a scholarship to Owens College in Manchester, graduating with a degree in physics in 1902. Although he was very shy in public, he had an outstanding ability to convey afficher plus mathematical concepts to the layperson. Eddington was widely known in the early twentieth century for his popular books, many of which remain in print. But he also was one of the pioneers of twentieth-century astrophysics, a founder of many important lines of astrophysical research. Eddington spent a few years studying stellar motions at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. However, most of his professional career was spent at Cambridge University, where he was Plumian Professor of Astronomy and observatory director for four decades. But Eddington's most important contribution relates to the understanding of relativity and the structure and composition of stars. He was one of the first people outside Germany to understand and appreciate Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. This led to his expedition to Principe (in South America) to test the theory experimentally. Although the source of stellar energy, nuclear fusion, had not been discovered, Eddington's analysis of stellar interiors in the 1920s correctly demonstrated the composition of stars and stellar behavior. He predicted that nuclear reactions were ultimately responsible for the phenomenon of sunshine. In his later years, Eddington was preoccupied with establishing fundamental numerical relationships between various cosmic quantities. In fact, he first recognized the fundamental importance of a number called the fine structure constant, which is a measure of the strength of electrical interaction. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Arthur Stanley Eddington
Espace, temps et gravitation : la théorie de la relativité généralisée dans ses grandes lignes : exposé… (1920) 120 exemplaires
On Relativity 3 exemplaires
The Theory of Relativity and Its Influence on Scientific Thought (Classic Reprint) (2015) 2 exemplaires
Arthur Stanley Eddington 2 exemplaires
The Decline of Determinism 1 exemplaire
Expansión del Universo 1 exemplaire
Five Halley lectures 1 exemplaire
L'universo in esplorazione 1 exemplaire
Relativitätstheorie in mathematischer Behandlung 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Readings in Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy: Physics 361-01 Cosmology, Spring Semester 1995 (1995) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1882-12-28
- Date de décès
- 1944-11-22
- Lieu de sépulture
- Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Kendal, Westmorland (Cumbria), England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK (birth)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (death) - Études
- Owens College, Manchester, England, UK (B.Sc. ∙ physics ∙ 1902)
University of Cambridge (Trinity College ∙ BA ∙ 1905) - Professions
- researcher (Cavendish Laboratory)
astronomer (Assistant to Astronomer Royal ∙ Greenwich Observatory)
professor (Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy ∙ Cambridge ∙ 1913 )
director (Cambridge Observatory) - Organisations
- Royal Society (Fellow)
- Prix et distinctions
- Smith's Prize (1907)
Bruce Medal (1924)
Henry Draper Medal (1924)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1924)
Royal Medal of the Royal Society ( 1928)
Knight Bachelor (1930) (tout afficher 10)
Order of Merit (1938)
Eddington Medal of Royal Astronomical Society named for him
Lunar Crater Namesake
Asteroid Namesake - Courte biographie
- Eddington was a Quaker and, therefore, a conscientious objector to military service in WWI. In 1919 he was part of the expedition which obsevered the solar eclipse from the island of Principe, near Africa. His observations of the bending of light was the observational 'proof' of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Several of Eddington's works were meant to explain science to the layman.
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