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How Eddington spent years sabotaging Chandrasekhar's groundbreaking discovery
In 1935, the world's most eminent astronomer, Arthur Eddington, publicly mocked young Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's discovery about the mass limit of white dwarf stars, calling it "stellar buffoonery" before a packed audience. He then waged a years-long campaign against findings that fellow scientists privately accepted as correct. The episode illustrates how authority and prestige can obstruct scientific progress.
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