Testing relativity from the 1919 eclipse—a question of bias
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics Today
- Vol. 62 (3), 37-42
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3099578
Abstract
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.Keywords
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