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Also Known As Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington
Born December 28, 1882 • Kendal • England
Died November 22, 1944 (aged 61) • Cambridge • England
Notable Works “Fundamental Theory” • “Internal Constitution of the Stars” • “Relativity Theory of Protons and Electrons” • “Science and the Unseen World” • “Stars and Atoms” • “Stellar Movements and the Structure of the Universe” • “The Expanding Universe” • “The Mathematical Theory of Relativity”
Subjects Of Study general relativity • globular cluster • physical constant • relativity • special relativity • star

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