Amazonia Introduced to General Relativity: The May 29, 1919, Solar Eclipse from a North-Brazilian Point of View

IF 0.1 3区哲学 Q4 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Physics in Perspective Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI:10.1007/s00016-016-0190-3

Luís C. B. Crispino, Marcelo C. de Lima

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Abstract

In 1919, A. C. D. Crommelin and C. R. Davidson, British astronomers from the Greenwich Observatory in England, passed by Amazonia on their Brazilian journey aiming to measure the bending of stars' light rays during the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, and thereby put the theory of general relativity to the test. In the context of Crommelin’s and Davidson’s visit, we discuss how Amazonia was introduced to Einstein’s theory of gravitation, and also the observations and repercussions of the May 29, 1919, solar eclipse in Belém, capital city of the North-Brazilian Pará state.

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亚马逊引入广义相对论:1919年5月29日，从北巴西的角度看日食

1919年，来自英国格林尼治天文台的英国天文学家A. C. D. Crommelin和C. R. Davidson在前往巴西的途中经过亚马逊，他们的目的是测量1919年5月29日日全食期间恒星光线的弯曲，从而对广义相对论进行了检验。在克伦默林和戴维森访问的背景下，我们讨论了爱因斯坦的万有引力理论是如何介绍给亚马逊地区的，以及1919年5月29日在巴西北部帕尔州首府贝尔萨姆发生的日食的观察和影响。

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Physics in Perspective 物理-科学史与科学哲学

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期刊介绍： Physics in Perspective seeks to bridge the gulf between physicists and non-physicists through historical and philosophical studies that typically display the unpredictable as well as the cross-disciplinary interplay of observation, experiment, and theory that has occurred over extended periods of time in academic, governmental, and industrial settings and in allied disciplines such as astrophysics, chemical physics, and geophysics. The journal also publishes first-person accounts by physicists of significant contributions they have made, biographical articles, book reviews, and guided tours of historical sites in cities throughout the world. It strives to make all articles understandable to a broad spectrum of readers – scientists, teachers, students, and the public at large. Bibliographic Data Phys. Perspect. 1 volume per year, 4 issues per volume approx. 500 pages per volume Format: 15.5 x 23.5cm ISSN 1422-6944 (print) ISSN 1422-6960 (electronic)