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The Einstein Lens and a Tale of Two Eclipses

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Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Physics Colloquium 20th November 2015 delivered by Professor Tom Ray

This year marks the centenary of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. As is well known, physicists became convinced that Einstein was right after Eddington’s and Dyson’s famous expedition to measure the gravitational deflection of starlight. Recently the speaker has found the equipment that proved critical in testing Einstein’s theory after it being lost for almost 70 years. Remarkably its discovery has led to the finding that earlier eclipse data may have been conveniently ignored. The finger of suspicion points at Sir Frank Dyson, the Astronomer Royal, who was trying to protect Eddington from being conscripted into the British Army during World War I.

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Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Tom Ray
Keywords
physics colloquium
Physics
einstein
theory of relativity
gravitational deflection of starlight
eclipse data
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 24/11/2015
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