He attempted to prove that the fine structure constant is equal to 1/136, later changing the proof to accommodate the closer 1/137.
This man wrongly calculated the number of protons in the universe, and with Dirac he found the coincidence that many ratios of related quantities give unitless numbers on the order of 10 to the 40th power. In more legitimate work, his discovery that stars move in two different "drifts" was important in studying the proper motion of stars and in finding an explanation to the pulsing of Cepheid Variables. He discovered the relationship between mass and luminosity in stars and used a total eclipse to verify that light is bent by gravity as predicted by relativity. He attempted to prove that the fine structure constant is equal to 1/136, later changing the proof to accommodate the closer 1/137. For 10 points, name this scientist who gives his name to the point where a star would break up due to radiation pressure exceeding gravitational attraction, his namesake limit.
This man wrongly calculated the number of protons in the universe, and with Dirac he found the coincidence that many ratios of related quantities give unitless numbers on the order of 10 to the 40th power.
Arthur {Eddington}