Shuffling Is The Only Thing

[when Thinking About The New Relativity And Quantum Theories] I Have Felt A Homesickness For The Paths Of Physical Science Where There Are Ore Or Less Discernible Handrails To Keep Us From The Worst Morasses Of Foolishness.

In The World Of Physics We Watch A Shadowgraph Performance Of The Drama Of Familiar Life. The Shadow Of My Elbow Rests On The Shadow Table As The Shadow Ink Flows Over The Shadow Paper. It Is All Symbolic, And As A Symbol The Physicist Leaves It. ... The Frank Realisation That Physical Science Is Concerned With A World Of Shadows Is One Of The Most Significant Of Recent Advances.

Asked In 1919 Whether It Was True That Only Three People In The World Understood The Theory Of General Relativity, [eddington] Allegedly Replied: "who's The Third?"

On One Occasion When [william] Smart Found Him Engrossed With His Fundamental Theory, He Asked Eddington How Many People He Thought Would Understand What He Was Writing-after A Pause Came The Reply, 'perhaps Seven.'

A Star Is Drawing On Some Vast Reservoir Of Energy By Means Unknown To Us. This Reservoir Can Scarcely Be Other Than The Subatomic Energy Which, It Is Known Exists Abundantly In All Matter; We Sometimes Dream That Man Will One Day Learn How To Release It And Use It For His Service. The Store Is Well Nigh Inexhaustible, If Only It Could Be Tapped. There Is Sufficient In The Sun To Maintain Its Output Of Heat For 15 Billion Years.