Arthur S. Eddington was born in Kendal (England). An English astrophysicist, he developed the first cosmological models that used the theory of relativity, and he contributed significantly to studies on the thermodynamic structure of the stars. He attempted to elaborate a unified theory capable of joining microphysics and macrophysics, seeking to obtain fundamental physical constants through deduction. He also dealt in epistemology, developing a neo-Kantian inspired deductive-idealist vision of the scientific method. In his work The Nature of the Physical World he wrote: “I could no more ram religious conviction into an atheist than I could ram a joke into a Scotchman. The only hope of 'converting' the latter is that through contact with merry-minded companions he may begin to realize that he is missing something in life which is worth attaining. Probably in the recesses of his solemn mind there exists inhibited the seed of humour, awaiting an awakening by such am impulse. The same advice would seem to apply to the propagation of religion; it has, I believe, the merit of being entirely orthodox advice” (London: M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1935, p. 323).