From a young age, Arthur Eddington, who was born Dec. 28, 1882, in England, excelled in math and physics. After graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1905, he became the chief assistant to the astronomer royal the following year. While famous for his 1919 eclipse expedition to verify Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, Eddington alsoContinue reading “Dec. 28, 1882: The birth of Arthur Eddington”
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