EDDINGTON, SIR ARTHUR STANLEY

born Dec. 28, 1882, Kendal, Westmorland, Eng. died Nov. 22, 1944, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician who did his greatest work in astrophysics, investigating the motion, internal structure, and evolution of stars. He also was the first expositor of the theory of relativity in the English language. Additional reading A biography by Allie Vibert Douglas, The Life of Arthur Stanley Eddington (1956), contains a list of his books and scientific papers. A popular discussion of Eddington's work is James Roy Newman, Science and Sensibility, 2 vol. (1961). Herbert Dingle, The Sources of Eddington's Philosophy (1954), treats his philosophical ideas. C.W. Kilmister, Sir Arthur Eddington (1966), discusses the full range of his work. The brief work by S. Chandrasekhar, Eddington (1983), is also useful.