Frank P. Ramsey vs. Arthur Eddington
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Frank P. Ramsey
1903 – 1930
Mathematics
United Kingdom
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"It is worth pausing for a moment to consider how far our conclusions are affected by considerations which our simplifying assumptions have forced us to neglect."
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Arthur Eddington
1882 – 1944
Science
United Kingdom
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, was an English astrophysicist and mathematician. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.
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"It is the reciprocity of these appearances — that each party should think the other has contracted — that is so difficult to realise. Here is a paradox beyond e…"
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Arthur Eddington was influenced by Frank P. Ramsey
Shared era: 1903 – 1930
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