Open AccessTesting relativity from the 1919 eclipse—a question of bias
Author(s) -
Daniel Kennefick
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
physics today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.594
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1945-0699
pISSN - 0031-9228
DOI - 10.1063/1.3099578
Subject(s) - eclipse , victory , einstein , theory of relativity , solar eclipse , context (archaeology) , theoretical physics , physics , epistemology , astronomy , philosophy , history , political science , law , classical mechanics , politics , archaeology
When interpreting experimental results, context is everything. The researchers who took and analyzed the most important eclipse data had good reasons for judging the experiment a victory for Albert Einstein.
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