"Eddington believed he had identified an algebraic basis for fundamental physics, which he termed 'E-numbers' .... These in effect incorporated spacetime into a higher-dimensional structure. While his theory has long been neglected by the general physics community...."
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"Eddington believed he had identified an algebraic basis for fundamental physics, which he termed 'E-numbers' .... These in effect incorporated spacetime into a higher-dimensional structure. While his theory has long been neglected by the general physics community...."