No Shadow of a Doubt : The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity /
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Prologue: May 29, 1919; 1. The Experiment That Weighed Light; 2. Eclipses; 3. Two Pacifists, Einstein and Eddington; 4. Europe in Its Madness; 5. Preparations in Time of War; 6. The Opportunity of the Century?; 7. Tools of the Trade; 8. The Improvised Expedition; 9. Outward Bound; 10. Through Cloud, Hopefully; 11. Not Only Because of Theory; 12. Lights All Askew in the Heavens; 13. Theories and Experiments; 14. The Unbearable Heaviness of Light; 15. The Problem of Scientific Bias; Epilogue: Where Are They Now?; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index