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May 12, 2019 · Robin McKie. Sun 12 May 2019 04.00 EDT. A hundred years ago this month, the British astronomer Arthur Eddington arrived at the remote west African island of Príncipe. He was there to witness...
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, (born Dec. 28, 1882, Kendal, Westmorland, Eng.—died Nov. 22, 1944, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire), British astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. At the University of Cambridge he won every mathematical honour.
Discover how Arthur Eddington, a British astronomer, helped to prove Einstein's theory of relativity and changed our understanding of the universe.
Sir Arthur Eddington was one of the most prominent and important astrophysicists of his time. He was one of the first physicists to understand the early ideas of relativity along with Albert Einstein. ESA's planet-finding mission Eddington is named after him.
May 23, 2019 · But even after he finished his theory of relativity in 1915, he was nearly unknown outside Germany - until British astronomer Arthur Stanley Eddington became involved. Einstein's ideas were...
Sep 1, 2005 · Best known for his measurements of the 1919 solar eclipse that confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity, Arthur Eddington was also a Quaker and pacifist who thought deeply about religion and politics, as Matthew Stanley explains.
Dec 28, 2014 · Quick Info. Born. 28 December 1882. Kendal, Westmorland, England. Died. 22 November 1944. Cambridge, England. Summary. Eddington made important contributions to the theory of general relativity. View six larger pictures. Biography.
