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Sir '''Arthur Eddington''' (1882–1944) was a [[British]] astronomer, mathematician, physicist, science writer, and science "popularizer", somewhat in the mold of [[Carl Sagan]] and [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] in modern times.<ref>''The Nature of the Physical World'', Arthur Eddington, MacMillan, 1929, ISBN 0-8414-3885-4</ref>
| name = Arthur Eddington
| image = Eddington 2.jpg
| birth_date = December 28, 1882
| birth_place = Kendal, Westmorland, England
| death_date = November 22, 1944
| death_place = Cambridge, United Kingdom
| nationality = British
| spouse =
| religion = Quaker
}}
Sir '''Arthur Stanley Eddington''' (December 28, 1882 - November 22, 1944) was a [[British]] astronomer, mathematician, physicist, science writer, and science "popularizer", somewhat in the mold of [[Carl Sagan]] and [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] in modern times.<ref>''The Nature of the Physical World'', Arthur Eddington, MacMillan, 1929, ISBN 0-8414-3885-4</ref>
In the early decades on the 20th century, two new theories of "modern physics", [[Relativity]] and [[Quantum Mechanics]], had come into existence. Both were known for being very abstruse. He popularized them, both for experts and for the general public. He particularly worked on getting relativity better known, both by the scientific community and by the public. [[General Relativity]] was something he worked especially hard at.
In the early decades on the 20th century, two new theories of "modern physics", [[Relativity]] and [[Quantum Mechanics]], had come into existence. Both were known for being very abstruse. He popularized them, both for experts and for the general public. He particularly worked on getting relativity better known, both by the scientific community and by the public. [[General Relativity]] was something he worked especially hard at.