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What Eddington Did Not Say (2003)

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Description Eddington's oft quoted sentiment “religion first became possible for a reasonable scientific man about the year 1927,” is shown to have been taken out of context.


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Article Hiebert, Edwin N. (2003) Response to Batten. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Stanley, Matthew
Almassi, Ben
Batten, Alan H.
Cantor, Geoffrey N.
Crawford, Paulo
Crowe, Michael J.
Journals
British Journal for the History of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Publishers
Harvard University
University of Chicago Press
University of Pennsylvania Press
Viking
Concepts
Science and religion
Astronomy
Physics
Quakers and Quakerism
Astrophysics
Popularization
People
Eddington, Arthur Stanley
Bethe, Hans Albrecht
Jeans, James Hopwood
Cohen, Chapman
Einstein, Albert
Frank, Philipp
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
Germany
Portugal
United States
Institutions
Royal Observatory Greenwich
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