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But Eddington did not fare well after that.  He strongly opposed a theory about massive stars known as white dwarves put forth by Indian physicist S[[ubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], but Eddington was proven wrong and Chandrasekhar later won a Nobel Prize for his work.  Eddington finally lost all credibility when he first insisted that a physical constant (the fine structure constant) measured to be close to 1/136 must precisely equal 1/136 to make the math easier, but when later measurements suggested a value closer to 1/137 Eddington insisted that it must precisely equal to 1/137 instead.  He was wrong both times.  When [[World War II]] came to England, Eddington was a [[conscientious objector]].

But Eddington did not fare well after that.  He strongly opposed a theory about massive stars known as white dwarves put forth by Indian physicist S[[ubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]], but Eddington was proven wrong and Chandrasekhar later won a Nobel Prize for his work.  Eddington finally lost all credibility when he first insisted that a physical constant (the fine structure constant) measured to be close to 1/136 must precisely equal 1/136 to make the math easier, but when later measurements suggested a value closer to 1/137 Eddington insisted that it must precisely equal to 1/137 instead.  He was wrong both times.  When [[World War II]] came to England, Eddington was a [[conscientious objector]].

[[Category:Scientists|Eddington, Arthur]]

[[Category:Astronomers|Eddington, Arthur]]