We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong.
Arthur EddingtonThere was a time when we wanted to be told what an electron is. The question was never answered. No familiar conceptions can be woven around the electron; it belongs to the waiting list.
Arthur EddingtonWe often think that when we have completed our study of one we know all about two, because 'two' is 'one and one.' We forget that we still have to make a study of 'and.'
Arthur EddingtonSchrรถdinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory, but a dodge - and a very good dodge too.
Arthur Eddington