LEADER 04867nam 2200721 450 001 9910790630503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-17107-6 010 $a1-4008-4967-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400849673 035 $a(CKB)2550000001136156 035 $a(EBL)1441395 035 $a(OCoLC)862048565 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001040466 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12364800 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040466 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11002114 035 $a(PQKB)10237566 035 $a(OCoLC)861692347 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37224 035 $a(DE-B1597)447401 035 $a(OCoLC)880236611 035 $a(OCoLC)979579874 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400849673 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1441395 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10786934 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL535859 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1441395 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001136156 100 $a20131107d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEinstein's jury $ethe race to test relativity /$fJeffrey Crelinsten 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey ;$aOxfordshire, England :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (431 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12310-1 311 $a1-306-04608-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tILLUSTRATIONS --$tTABLES --$tPREFACE --$tINTRODUCTION --$tNOTATION CONVENTION FOR ANGULAR MEASURE --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tPART ONE: 1905-1911 Early Encounters with Relativity --$tCHAPTER ONE. Einstein and the World Community of Physicists and Astronomers --$tCHAPTER TWO. Astronomers and Special Relativity: The First Publications --$tPART TWO: 1911-1919 Astronomers Encounter Einstein --$tCHAPTER THREE. The Early Involvement, 1911-1914 --$tCHAPTER FOUR. The War Period, 1914-1918 --$tCHAPTER FIVE. 1919: A Year of Dramatic Announcement --$tCHAPTER SIX. Men of Science Agog --$tPART THREE: 1920-1925 Astronomers Put Einstein to the Test --$tCHAPTER SEVEN. Tackling the Solar Redshift Problem --$tCHAPTER EIGHT. More Eclipse Testing --$tCHAPTER NINE. Emergence of the Critics --$tCHAPTER TEN. The Debate Intensifies --$tPART FOUR: 1925-1930 Final Acceptance --$tCHAPTER ELEVEN. Relativity Triumphs --$tCHAPTER TWELVE. Silencing the Critics --$tEPILOGUE. The Emergence of Relativistic Cosmology --$tFINAL REFLECTIONS --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aEinstein's Jury is the dramatic story of how astronomers in Germany, England, and America competed to test Einstein's developing theory of relativity. Weaving a rich narrative based on extensive archival research, Jeffrey Crelinsten shows how these early scientific debates shaped cultural attitudes we hold today. The book examines Einstein's theory of general relativity through the eyes of astronomers, many of whom were not convinced of the legitimacy of Einstein's startling breakthrough. These were individuals with international reputations to uphold and benefactors and shareholders to please, yet few of them understood the new theory coming from the pen of Germany's up-and-coming theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein. Some tried to test his theory early in its development but got no results. Others--through toil and hardship, great expense, and perseverance--concluded that it was wrong. A tale of international competition and intrigue, Einstein's Jury brims with detail gleaned from Crelinsten's far-reaching inquiry into the history and development of relativity. Crelinsten concludes that the well-known British eclipse expedition of 1919 that made Einstein famous had less to do with the scientific acceptance of his theory than with his burgeoning public fame. It was not until the 1920's, when the center of gravity of astronomy and physics shifted from Europe to America, that the work of prestigious American observatories legitimized Einstein's work. As Crelinsten so expertly shows, the glow that now surrounds the famous scientist had its beginnings in these early debates among professional scientists working in the glare of the public spotlight. 606 $aRelativity (Physics) 606 $aAstrophysics$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPhysics$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAstronomy$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aRelativity (Physics) 615 0$aAstrophysics$xHistory 615 0$aPhysics$xHistory 615 0$aAstronomy$xHistory 676 $a530.11 700 $aCrelinsten$b Jeffrey$01487914 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790630503321 996 $aEinstein's jury$93708040 997 $aUNINA