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02689aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 60F84C40875711E9A56C064497128E48 003 SILO 005 20190605010028 008 180910t20192019njua b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2019930002 020 $a 0691183864 020 $a 9780691183862 035 $a (OCoLC)1051138098 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d GK8 $d BIB $d NYP $d EYM $d OCLCF $d CLE $d SILO 050 4 $a QC173.55 $b .K35 2019 082 04 $a 530.11 $2 23 100 1 $a Kennefick, Daniel, $e author. 245 10 $a No shadow of a doubt : $b the 1919 eclipse that confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity / $c Daniel Kennefick. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey, $b Princeton University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a viii, 403 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-385) and index. 520 $a In 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein's revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the century's most celebrated scientific experiment. The result ushered in a new era and made Einstein a global celebrity by confirming his dramatic prediction that the path of light rays would be bent by gravity. Today, Einstein's theory is scientific fact. Yet the effort to "weigh light" by measuring the gravitational deflection of starlight during the May 29, 1919, solar eclipse has become clouded by myth and skepticism. Could Arthur Eddington and Frank Dyson have gotten the results they claimed? Did the pacifist Eddington falsify evidence to foster peace after a horrific war by validating the theory of a German antiwar campaigner? 505 0 $a 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? 600 10 $a Eddington, Arthur Stanley, $c Sir, $d 1882-1944. 600 10 $a Dyson, Frank Watson, $d 1868-1939. 600 10 $a Einstein, Albert, $d 1879-1955. 650 0 $a General relativity (Physics) 650 0 $a Gravity. 650 0 $a Solar eclipses. 941 $a 3 952 $l DAPG173 $d 20240724021000.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240702032349.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190702015817.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=60F84C40875711E9A56C064497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search