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The Eddington experiment was an observational test of general relativity, organised by the British astronomers Frank Watson Dyson and Arthur Stanley Eddington in 1919.
According to the theory of general relativity, stars with light rays that passed near the Sun would appear to have been slightly shifted because their light had been curved by its gravitational field. Eddington showed that Newtonian gravitation could be interpreted to predict half the shift predicted by Einstein.
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (ur. 28 grudnia 1882 w Kendal, zm. 22 listopada 1944 w Cambridge) – brytyjski astronom, astrofizyk teoretyczny i popularyzator tych nauk; profesor Uniwersytetu w Cambridge i dyrektor tamtejszego obserwatorium astronomicznego.
15 kwi 2019 · One of the effects predicted by the new theory was that light rays passing close to a massive body, such as a star, should be bent by its gravitational field. This effect had been predicted...
Arthur Eddington was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician who did his greatest work in astrophysics, investigating the motion, internal structure, and evolution of stars. He also was the first expositor of the theory of relativity in the English language.
1 wrz 2005 · Universal insight: using a series of shrewd assumptions, Arthur Eddington devised an approximate mathematical model of stars that reproduced many of their chief characteristics, including their size and temperature. (Courtesy: NASA)
24 gru 2016 · English theoretical astrophysicist Arthur Stanley Eddington is most widely remembered for coordinating the 1919 solar eclipse expeditions that provided confirming evidence for the gravitational deflection of light predicted by Albert Einstein ’s general theory of relativity.
