![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Whitehead had collaborated with Bertrand Russell on the monumental Principia Mathematica (1910-13), a book whose contents were regarded as even more mysterious than General Relativity, so the organisers asked him instead. Invited to return the following year, he was unable to accept. In 1919, he had led the expedition which provided the first experimental proof of Einstein’s theory. Eddington was a gifted lecturer who spoke with great authority. The previous set, by Sir Arthur Eddington, carefully explained Einstein’s new theory of General Relativity in simple, clear terms. This was a set of Gifford Lectures, free and open to the public. On June 1, 1928, an expectant audience filled Edinburgh University’s largest lecture theatre to hear the new Professor of Philosophy at Harvard, Alfred North Whitehead, begin a series of lectures on ‘Process and Reality’. SUBSCRIBE NOW Brief Lives Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) Alistair MacFarlane on the best-known advocate of Process Philosophy. ![]()
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