No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity

Author: Daniel Kennefick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'One of Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019' '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' 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...Read more