"...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
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A great paper about stars. https://t.co/mC5kakDAVW
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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
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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