A01=Jeffrey Crelinsten
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
Albert A. Michelson
Albert Einstein
Alfred Bucherer
Alhazen
Arnold Sommerfeld
Arthur Compton
Arthur Eddington
Astronomer
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Author_Jeffrey Crelinsten
automatic-update
Calculation
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=BGT
Category=DNBT
Category=PD
Celestial mechanics
Chromosphere
COP=United States
Cosmological constant
Delivery_Pre-order
Edward Arthur Milne
Edward Charles Pickering
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_science
Equivalence principle
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest William Brown
Erwin Finlay-Freundlich
General relativity
George Ellery Hale
Gravitational redshift
Gravity
Harlow Shapley
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Hendrik Lorentz
Henry Norris Russell
Hermann Weyl
Hubble's law
Hugo von Seeliger
Interferometry
International Astronomical Union
Introduction to general relativity
J. J. Thomson
James Keeler
Joseph Larmor
Karl Schwarzschild
Language_English
Lick Observatory
Ludwik Silberstein
Luminiferous aether
Max Planck
Modern physics
Mount Wilson (California)
Mount Wilson Observatory
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Niels Bohr
Oliver Lodge
Orbit
PA=Temporarily unavailable
Percival Lowell
Philipp Lenard
Physicist
Pieter Zeeman
Prediction
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
Quantum mechanics
Richard Feynman
Samuel Pierpont Langley
softlaunch
Solar eclipse
Solar physics
Special relativity
Spectral line
Sun
Superiority (short story)
Tests of general relativity
The Astrophysical Journal
Theoretical astronomy
Theoretical physics
Theory of relativity
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See
Wilhelm Wien
Product details
- ISBN 9780691171074
- Weight: 624g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 31 May 2016
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Einstein'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 1920s, 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.
Jeffrey Crelinsten is an award-winning science writer and historian and president of The Impact Group, a private communications and research firm specializing in science and technology policy, communications, and education. He has written radio and film documentaries on Einstein and his theory of relativity for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), National Public Radio, and the National Film Board of Canada. His two-hour radio biography of Einstein, prepared for Einstein's 1979 centenary, was re-broadcast by the CBC in June, 2005. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
