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Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity - Pattison, Darcy
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"In 1915, British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington was fascinated with Einstein's new theory of general relativity. The theory talks about how forces push and pull objects in space. Einstein said that the sun's gravity could pull and bend light. To test this, astronomers decided to photograph the 1919 solar eclipse. The eclipse would allow them to photograph the stars before and during the solar eclipse. If the star's position moved, then it was evidence that that light had bent. Eddington and his team traveled from ...

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Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity 2019, Mims House

ISBN-13: 9781629441269

Trade paperback

Eclipse: How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity 2019, Mims House

ISBN-13: 9781629441252

Hardcover