Einstein, Eddington and the 1919 Eclipse

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Title:		Einstein, Eddington and the 1919 Eclipse
Authors:		Coles, Peter
Publication:		Historical Development of Modern Cosmology, ASP Conference Proceedings Vol. 252. Edited by Vicent J. Martínez, Virginia Trimble, and María Jesús Pons-Bordería. ISBN: 1-58381-092-7 San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2001., p.21
Publication Date:		00/2001
Origin:		ADS
Comment:		ISBN: 1-58381-092-7
Bibliographic Code:		2001ASPC..252...21C

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The modern era of cosmology began with the publication of Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1915. The first experimental test of this theory was Eddington's famous expedition to measure the bending of light at a total solar eclipse in 1919. So famous is this experiment, and so dramatic was the impact on Einstein himself, that history tends not to recognize the controversy that surrounded the results at the time. In this paper I discuss the experiment in its historical and sociological context and show that it provides valuable lessons for modern astronomy and cosmology.

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