Arthur Eddington - Physicist, Astronomer and Quaker
Schedule
Fri Sep 06 2024 at 03:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Location
12 Jesus Lane,Cambridge,CB5 8BA,GB | Cambridge, EN
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*Please book via the Eventbrite link*A new area in Cambridge has been named after Arthur Eddington but who was he?
This talk will introduce the man behind the great scientific discoveries.
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was Director of The Cambridge Observatory from 1914 to his death in 1944, a fellow of Trinity College, and a Quaker. He is perhaps most remembered as a leading astrophysicist who proved Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity and as a philosopher and popularizer of science. As his biographer, Vibert Douglas observed: “Eddington was a man of great reserve who lived a life completely without ostentation - but as a man of science he was one of the super giants in an age of giants”.
In this talk David Robinson introduces the man, his life, his beliefs and the life he led in Cambridge. David has a distant family connection with Eddington and that is what first stimulated his interest in him. He will be bringing along some of the personal letters which Eddington wrote to his sister during his travels.
This event is hosted by Cambridge Quakers. To find out more about Quakers visit: quaker.org.uk/about-quakers
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