Abstract
Abstract This chapter looks into the 1919 total solar eclipse that proved Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Einstein realized his principle of equivalence that relativity required gravity to bend light rays, much as it bends the paths of particles. Moreover, Erwin Freundlich tested the aspects of relativity by obtaining solar eclipse photographs from observatories around the world. The chapter explores Einstein’s attempts to prove his general theory of relativity by referencing the motions of Mercury and gravitational redshift. It mentions how scientists travelled the world to measure and re-measure the bending of starlight around the Sun at every total eclipse. In the 1970s, a new method emerged for testing relativity by the deflection of radiation around the Sun.
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