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Chapter Traveling towards fame: Albert Einstein and the Eddington eclipse expedition to Príncipe and Sobral in 1919

dc.contributor.authorCasetti, Lapo
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-02T04:07:41Z
dc.date.available2022-06-02T04:07:41Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.submitted2022-06-01T12:28:46Z
dc.identifierONIX_20220601_9788855184670_756
dc.identifier2704-5919
dc.identifierhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56572
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/82282
dc.description.abstractAlbert Einstein abruptly rose to worldwide fame in November 1919, after Arthur Eddington announced the successful measurement of the gravitational light bending predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The measurement had been performed by an expedition towards two remote Portuguese-speaking destinations, the island of Príncipe in equatorial Africa and Sobral in northern Brazil, where the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919 was visible and allowed to measure the position of stars close to the Sun, revealing the sought-after effect. This journey was the beginning of a story that still goes on today.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudi e saggi
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subject.otherEinstein
dc.subject.otherEddington
dc.subject.othergeneral relativity
dc.subject.othersolar eclipse
dc.subject.otherSão Tomé and Príncipe
dc.titleChapter Traveling towards fame: Albert Einstein and the Eddington eclipse expedition to Príncipe and Sobral in 1919
dc.typechapter
oapen.identifier.doi10.36253/978-88-5518-467-0.34
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a
oapen.relation.isbn9788855184670
oapen.pages20
oapen.place.publicationFlorence
dc.seriesnumber225


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