Arthur Stanley Eddington

arthur stanley eddington, om, frs (d. 28 aralık 1882 - ö. 22 kasım 1944), 20. yüzyıl başlarında yaptığı çalışmalarla tanınan astrofizikçi. eddington aydınlatma gücü ve yıldızların aydınlatma gücünün doğal sınırı, adını kendisinden alır.

görelilik kuramına ilişkin çalışmalarıyla tanınır. eddington einstein'ın genel görelilik kuramını i̇ngilizce konuşan dünyaya duyuran ve açıklayan bir dizi makale yazdı. i. dünya savaşı bilimsel iletişimi kopartmıştı ve almanya'daki yeni bilimsel gelişmeler i̇ngiltere'de bilinmemekteydi. ayrıca 1919'da göreliliğin ilk kanıtlarından birini ortaya koyan bir tutulma (eclipse) keşfi gezisini yürüttü. böylece teorinin popüler açıklamalarına imza attı ve geniş çevrelerce tanındı.

bibliyografya 
 1914. stellar movements and the structure of the universe. london: macmillan.
 1918. report on the relativity theory of gravitation. london, fleetway press, ltd.
 1920. space, time and gravitation: an outline of the general relativity theory. cambridge university press. isbn 0-521-33709-7
 1923, 1952. the mathematical theory of relativity. cambridge university press.
 1926. stars and atoms . oxford: british association.
 1926. the internal constitution of stars. cambridge university press. isbn 0-521-33708-9
 1928. the nature of the physical world. macmillan. 1935 replica edition: isbn 0-8414-3885-4, university of michigan 1981 edition: isbn 0-472-06015-5 (1926–27 gifford lectures)
 1929. science and the unseen world. u.s. macmillan, uk allen & unwin. 1980 reprint arden library isbn 0-8495-1426-6. 2004 u.s. reprint - whitefish, montana : kessinger publications: isbn 1-4179-1728-8. 2007 uk reprint london, allen & unwin isbn 978-0-901689-81-8 (swarthmore lecture), with a new foreword by george ellis.
 19nn. the expanding universe: astronomy's 'great debate', 1900-1931. cambridge university press. isbn 0-521-34976-1
 1930. why i believe in god: science and religion, as a scientist sees it
 1935. new pathways in science. cambridge university press.
 1936. relativity theory of protons and electrons. cambridge univ. press.
 1939. philosophy of physical science. cambridge university press. isbn 0-7581-2054-0 (1938 tarner lectures at cambridge))
 1925. the domain of physical science. 2005 reprint: isbn 1-4253-5842-x
 1948. fundamental theory. cambridge university press.

dış bağlantılar 

 o'connor, j. j., and e. f. robertson, "arthur stanley eddington". school of mathematics and statistics, university of st andrews, scotland.
 eddington quotations
 bennett, clark, "sir arthur eddington (1882-1944)". founding fathers of relativity.
 tenn, joseph s.,"arthur stanley eddington". the bruce medalists.
 clausen, ben, "men of science and of faith in god, sir arthur stanley eddington (1882–1944)".
 russell, henry norris, "review of the internal constitution of the stars  by a.s. eddington". ap.j. 67, 83 (1928).
 durham, ian t.,  "eddington & uncertainty". physics in perspective (september – december). arxiv, history of physics.
 kilmister, c. w. (1994). eddington's search for a fundamental theory. cambridge univ. press.
 experiments of sobral and príncipe repeated in the space project in proceeding in fórum astronomical.  
 o'connor, john j.; robertson, edmund f., "arthur stanley eddington", mactutor history of mathematics archive .
 lecchini, stefano, "how dwarfs became giants. the discovery of the mass-luminosity relation". bern studies in the history and philosophy of science, pp. 224 (2007).
 vibert douglas, a. (1956). the life of arthur stanley eddington. thomas nelson and sons ltd.
 stanley, matthew. “an expedition to heal the wounds of war: the 1919 eclipse expedition and eddington as quaker adventurer.” isis 94 (2003): 57–89.
 stanley, matthew. “so simple a thing as a star: jeans, eddington, and the growth of astrophysical phenomenology” in british journal for the history of science, 2007, 40: 53-82.
 stanley, matthew (2007). practical mystic: religion, science, and a.s. eddington. university of chicago press.
 odnb article by c. w. kilmister, ‘eddington, sir arthur stanley (1882–1944)’, oxford dictionary of national biography, oxford university press, 2004 accessed 23 november 2008
 bernet, claus: eddington, arthur stanley, in: bbkl, 32, 2011, 278-288: http://www.kirchenlexikon.de/e/eddington_a_s.shtml
 biography and bibliography of bruce medalists: arthur stanley eddington 
 links to online copies of important books by eddington: 'the nature of the physical world', 'the philosophy of physical science', 'relativity theory of protons and electrons', and 'fundamental theory' 

1882 doğumlular
1944 yılında ölenler
rusya bilimler akademisi'nin muhabir üyeleri (1917-1925)
sscb bilimler akademisi muhabir üyeleri
royal society üyeleri
britanyalı astrofizikçiler
i̇ngiliz astronomlar
i̇ngiliz quakers

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