No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity
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No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity
By (Author) Daniel Kennefick
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
15th May 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Relativity physics
Biography: science, technology and medicine
530.1109041
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Paperback
416
Width 133mm, Height 203mm
Description
The extraordinary story of the scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity In 1919, British scientists led expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein's 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 celebrity b
Reviews
"Finalist for the PROSE Award in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers"
"One of BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Best Astronomy and Space Books of 2019"
"One of Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019"
Author Bio
Daniel Kennefick is associate professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He is the author of Traveling at the Speed of Thought: Einstein and the Quest for Gravitational Waves (Princeton).
