If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters they might write all the books in the British Museum.

Arthur Eddington

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Man and animals Probability Randomness

Author

Arthur Eddington

Source

The Nature of the Physical World

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Astronomer Scientist

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Eddington, Arthur. "The Nature Of The Physical World." Gifford lecture. January – March 1927, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits
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Time
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