No shadow of a doubt : the 1919 eclipse that confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity / Daniel Kennefick.
Kennefick, Daniel J., author.
2019
QC173.55 .K46 2019eb
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No shadow of a doubt : the 1919 eclipse that confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity / Daniel Kennefick.
Author
Kennefick, Daniel J., author.
ISBN
9780691190051 (electronic book)
0691190054 (electronic book)
9780691183862
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 403 pages) : illustrations
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QC173.55 .K46 2019eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
530.11
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Prologue: May 29, 1919
The experiment that weighed light
Eclipses
Two pacifists, Einstein and Eddington
Europe in its madness
Preparations in time of war
The opportunity of the century?
Tools of the trade
The improvised expedition
Outward bound
Through cloud, hopefully
Not only because of theory
Lights all askew in the heavens
Theories and experiments
The unbearable heaviness of light
The problem of scientific bias
Epilogue: where are they now?

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