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If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters they might write all the books in… — Arthur Eddington

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

Arthur Eddington
1928
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1928
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Arthur Eddington
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Eddington, Arthur. "The Nature Of The Physical World." Gifford lecture. January – March 1927, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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