Eddington's solar eclipse experiment
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| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
scientific experiment
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| gptkbp:analyzes |
compared with predictions
measured light deflection |
| gptkbp:author |
popularized general relativity
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| gptkbp:collaborations |
British_astronomers
Portuguese_astronomers |
| gptkbp:conducted |
gptkb:Arthur_Eddington
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| gptkbp:date |
May 29, 1919
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| gptkbp:funding |
gptkb:British_government
gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society |
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
post-World_War_I
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
influenced public perception of science
marked a turning point in physics shifted scientific paradigms |
| gptkbp:homeGround |
gptkb:Quaker
mathematician philosopher of science British_astrophysicist author_of_'The_Nature_of_the_Physical_World' |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Eddington's solar eclipse experiment
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| gptkbp:impact |
increased interest in relativity
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| gptkbp:involvedCountries |
telescopes
photographic plates |
| gptkbp:involvedIn |
solar eclipse
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| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced future experiments
established credibility of relativity |
| gptkbp:location |
Principe Island
Sao Tome |
| gptkbp:peerage |
spokesperson for relativity
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| gptkbp:publicAccess |
widely reported in media
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| gptkbp:purpose |
test general relativity
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| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
cosmology
gravitational lensing |
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gravitational waves
black holes cosmic microwave background expansion of the universe space-time curvature light bending |
| gptkbp:researchField |
astrophysics
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| gptkbp:researchInterest |
validation_of_Einstein's_work
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| gptkbp:result |
confirmed_Einstein's_theory
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| gptkbp:sideEffect |
bending of light
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| gptkbp:significance |
first experimental evidence for general relativity
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| gptkbp:theory |
general relativity
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