[1510.04046] On Arthur Eddington's Theory of Everything
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[Submitted on 14 Oct 2015]
Title:On Arthur Eddington's Theory of Everything
Authors:Helge Kragh<br>View a PDF of the paper titled On Arthur Eddington's Theory of Everything, by Helge Kragh
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Abstract:From 1929 to his death in 1944, A. Eddington worked on developing a highly ambitious theory of fundamental physics that covered everything in the physical world, from the tiny electron to the universe at large. His unfinished theory included abstract mathematics and spiritual philosophy in a mix which was peculiar to Eddington but hardly intelligible to other scientists. The constants of nature, which he claimed to be able to deduce purely theoretically, were of particular significance to his project. Although highly original, Eddington's attempt to provide physics with a new foundation had to some extent parallels in the ideas of other British physicists, including P. Dirac and E. A. Milne. Eddington's project was however a grand failure in so far that it was rejected by the large majority of physicists. A major reason was his unorthodox view of quantum mechanics.
Comments:<br>20 pages, 4 figures
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History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
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(or<br>arXiv:1510.04046v1 [physics.hist-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1510.04046
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Submission history<br>From: Helge Kragh [view email]<br>[v1]<br>Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:28:05 UTC (1,105 KB)
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