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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:astronomy
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Copley_Medal
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1882-12-28
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gptkbp:born_in
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gptkb:Lancashire,_England
1882
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gptkbp:children
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2
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gptkbp:contribution
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gptkb:general_relativity
stellar evolution
theoretical astrophysics
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gptkbp:death_date
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1944-11-22
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gptkbp:death_place
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gptkb:Cambridge,_England
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gptkbp:died_in
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gptkb:1944
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.
The law of gravitation is the most important law of nature.
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gptkbp:fellowship
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:British_Academy
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gptkbp:field
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astrophysics
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gptkbp:field_of_study
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gptkb:Quantum_Mechanics
gptkb:cosmology
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gptkbp:full_name
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gptkb:Arthur_Stanley_Eddington
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Eddington
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gptkbp:influenced
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modern astrophysics
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Albert_Einstein
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gptkbp:involvement
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gptkb:Publications
scientific education
scientific outreach
British scientific community
World War I scientific efforts
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gptkbp:is_a_member_of
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:Eddington_limit
gptkb:astronomy
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gptkbp:legacy
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Eddington's theory of stellar structure
Eddington's limit in black hole physics
Eddington's work on the solar system
Eddington's contributions to the understanding of white dwarfs
Eddington's role in the popularization of Einstein's theory
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gptkbp:notable_work
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The Internal Constitution of the Stars
The Nature of the Physical World
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gptkbp:philosophy
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gptkb:Physics
gptkb:philosophy_of_science
metaphysics
epistemology
scientific realism
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Eddington
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gptkbp:was_a
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gptkb:Mathematician
philosopher of science
British astrophysicist
key figure in astrophysics
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gptkbp:was_a_proponent_of
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scientific rationalism
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gptkbp:was_influenced_by
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gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell
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gptkbp:wrote
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The Nature of the Physical World
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Penobscot_River
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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