THE ROMANES LECTURE

1922

THE
THEORY OF RELATIVITY

and its
Influence on Scientific Thought

BY

ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON

M.A., F.R.S.

Plumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge
President of the Royal Astronomical Society

DELIVERED
IN THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE
24 MAY, 1922

OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1922