• DOI:10.1016/j.shpsa.2012.07.010
Corpus ID: 119203172

Not Only Because of Theory: Dyson, Eddington and the Competing Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition

@inproceedings{Kennefick2007NotOB,
  title={Not Only Because of Theory: Dyson, Eddington and the Competing Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition},
  author={D. Kennefick},
  year={2007}
}

D. Kennefick

Published 2007

Physics

The 1919 Eclipse Expedition to test the light-bending prediction of General Relativity remains one of the most famous physics experiments of the 20th century. However, in recent decades it has been increasingly often alleged that the data-analysis of the expedition's leaders was faulty and biased in favor of Einstein's theory. Arthur Stanley Eddington is particularly alleged to have been prejudiced in favor of general relativity. Specifically it is claimed that some of the data, which would… CONTINUE READING

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