Revolution in the Skies: The Experiment that made Einstein Famous
At the risk of being a complete bore about the 1919 Eclipse Expeditions, here is a plug for a public talk I am giving in Maynooth on 29 May 2019, the centenary of the event itself.
Here is the blurb:
Albert Einstein is the undisputed genius whose insights have revolutionised the way we think about the Universe. He is also a cultural icon whose fame extends far beyond the realm of theoretical physics.
Einstein’s transition to global stardom can be dated precisely to 29th May 1919, the date of a total solar eclipse at which the first measurements were made of the bending of light by the Sun’s gravity that tested Einstein’s then new general theory of relativity. The announcement of the results created an unprecedented media sensation: news of Einstein and his revolutionary theory made front-page news around the world.
To mark the centenary of this historic event, Peter Coles will describe the historical and scientific background to an experiment that changed the world, and explain why it was such an important event both for Einstein the physicist and Einstein the celebrity.
The event will be on the North Campus of Maynooth University. It is free, but please register at the Eventbrite site here if you want to attend so we can get an idea of numbers. If, for some reason, you can’t get to Maynooth, we are planning to do a live feed of the talk too, so please watch this blog for more details.
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May 21, 2019 at 2:38 pm
More recently a large collaboration
of scientists have demonstrated that there is only
one galaxy in the Universe and the rest are just its lensed images.
I am at a telecon, can’t give more details. The related publication is currently going through \em{internal} refereeing and a press embargo is in place.
May 22, 2019 at 8:04 am
Not even remotely funny. What’s the point?
May 22, 2019 at 11:33 am
Next time I will first take permission from you before I post something here and ask my friends to do the same.