TranscriptionEddington’s famous story of the two tables formed the introduction to one of his popular books on modern physics. On the one hand, he pointed out, we have the table with which we are all familiar – the solid, weighty thing that impinges on all our senses. On the other hand, however, we have the table as physics sees it – myriads of molecules flying about in space, each in turn made up of electrons and protons, cruising around planetary orbits and leaving much the greater part of the table as empty space. (from Rebel with a Cause by Hans Eysenck, 1990)

Transcriptionˈedɪŋtənz ˈfeɪməs ˈstɔri əv ðə tu ˈteɪbəlz fɔrmd ði ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən tə wʌn əv hɪz ˈpɑpjələr bʊks ɔn ˈmɑdərn ˈfɪzɪks. ɔn ðə wʌn hænd, hi ˈpɔɪntəd aʊt, wi həv ðə ˈteɪbəl wɪð wɪʧ wi ər ɔl fəˈmɪljər – ðə ˈsɑləd, ˈweɪti θɪŋ ðæt ɪmˈpɪnʤɪz ɔn ɔl ˈaʊər ˈsɛnsɪz. ɔn ði ˈʌðər hænd, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, wi həv ðə ˈteɪbəl əz ˈfɪzɪks siz ɪt – ˈmɪriədz əv ˈmɑləˌkjulz ˈflaɪɪŋ əˈbaʊt ɪn speɪs, iʧ ɪn tɜrn meɪd ʌp əv ɪˈlektrɑnz ənd ˈproʊˌtɑnz, ˈkruzɪŋ əˈraʊnd ˈplænəˌtɛri ˈɔrbəts ənd ˈlivɪŋ mʌʧ ðə ˈgreɪtər pɑrt əv ðə ˈteɪbəl əz ˈɛmpti speɪs. (frəm ˈrebəl wɪð ə kɔz baɪ hɑns Eysenck, 1990)