On Jun 22, 7:16***am, Pentcho Valev <pva...***yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://blogs.nature.com/news/blog/20..._innocent.html
> "ArthurEddingtonwas innocent!"
>
> http://www.cieletespace.fr/evenement...taient-fausses
> "Relativité: les preuves étaient fausses"
>
> http://www.cieletespaceradio.fr/inde...-la-relativite
> "Au début du XXème siècle, des scientifiques comme le Britannique
> ArthurEddingtonavaient tant à coeur de vérifier la théorie de la
> relativité qu'ils ont tout mis en oeuvre pour que leurs expériences
> soient probantes."
>
> http://discovermagazine.com/2008/mar...out-relativity
> "The eclipse experiment finally happened in 1919 (you’re looking at it
> on this very page). Eminent British physicist ArthurEddington
> declared general relativity a success, catapulting Einstein into fame
> and onto coffee mugs. In retrospect, it seems thatEddingtonfudged
> the results, throwing out photos that showed the “wrong” outcome. No
> wonder nobody noticed: At the time of Einstein’s death in 1955,
> scientists still had almost no evidence of general relativity in
> action."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1372828/posts
"British astronomer A. Eddington... "believed" in Relativity and
wished to make it more acceptable. Eclipse photos showing the shifting
of star images by the gravitational influence of the eclipsed sun
might do the job. On the day of the eclipse, Principe was bedevilled
by clouds, and only 2 photographic plates were deemed marginally
acceptable. At Sobral, 18 poor plates and 8 better plates were
obtained. The problem was that the 18 poor plates yielded a deflection
of starlight much smaller than predicted by Relativity, while the 8
better plates produced a much higher value. By adding the 2 plates
from Principe to the mix, Eddington managed to come up with a number
close to that required by the Theory of Relativity. It was not the
clear-cut victory for Einstein that the textbooks proclaim...
Eddington let ideology affect his conclusion. Even today, the results
from the 1919 eclipse are still proclaimed to be proof of Relativity."

Pentcho Valev
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