"...We need not fix the position of any one lever; that is to be adjusted from time to time as the latest observations indicate." Arthur Eddington (1920) https://t.co/S4EFrHetxt
A great paper about stars. https://t.co/mC5kakDAVW
OTOH, 1920, Eddington estimated the molecular weight of the sun as between 3-5 and proposed that hydrogen to helium fusion was its heat source. https://t.co/kHAZ5YWePZ So, doesn't seem generally accepted in 1925 that the composition of the Earth and Sun we
2020 marks the 100yr anniversary of Eddington's lecture in which he first proposed the concept of nuclear fusion: https://t.co/vB1WN771pG. We have been dreaming of fusion on Earth ever since! 1920 article here: https://t.co/z3xAMWi8Q8
fulfiment our dream of controlling this latent power for the well-being o fthe human race - or for its suicide." What would Eddington have made of our current progress in fusion energy research? #fusion https://t.co/pyRB2WoDPZ