Science and the Unseen World

Arthur Eddington's Science and the Unseen World (1929) posits that scientific inquiry alone cannot reveal the ultimate meaning of existence. Instead, Eddington, an astronomer and physicist, believed that spiritual reality must be apprehended through intuition and faith. He was a prominent expositor of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity and conducted experiments that provided early confirmation of its predictions, such as the bending of starlight by gravity. While Eddington made significant contributions to astrophysics and the understanding of stars, his philosophical works explored the limitations of science in addressing profound existential questions, suggesting that a deeper understanding requires a spiritual dimension.12