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Lot #157
Arthur Eddington Autograph Quote Signed

A rare handwritten quote by the man that validated The Theory of Relativity

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A rare handwritten quote by the man that validated The Theory of Relativity

British astrophysicist (1882-1944) famous for his work regarding the theory of relativity, remembered for his observations of bending starlight during the 1919 total solar eclipse that offered experimental proof of Einstein's theory. AQS on an off-white 8 x 3 sheet, signed and dated below in fountain pen, "A. S. Eddington, Cambridge, 9 May 1940," who writes above: "The progress of knowledge is to be measured not by the questions that it has answered but by the questions that it provokes us to ask." In fine condition.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature
  • Dates: #645 - Ended October 12, 2022





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