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oapen-20.500.12657-565722022-06-02T03:29:35Z Chapter Traveling towards fame: Albert Einstein and the Eddington eclipse expedition to Príncipe and Sobral in 1919 Casetti, Lapo Einstein Eddington general relativity solar eclipse São Tomé and Príncipe Albert 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. 2022-06-01T12:28:46Z 2022-06-01T12:28:46Z 2021 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788855184670_756 2704-5919 9788855184670 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56572 eng Studi e saggi application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 24999.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-467-0_34 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-467-0.34 10.36253/978-88-5518-467-0.34 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855184670 225 20 Florence open access
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Albert 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.
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