Article ID: CBB404526459

General Relativity in Australian Newspapers: The 1919 and 1922 Solar Eclipse Expeditions (2015)

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In 1922 there was a total solar eclipse with the central track traversing the Australian continent from Western Australia, through South Australia and across Queensland. Local and overseas astronomers mounted major observing campaigns to verify the amount of gravitational light bending predicted by the Theory of General Relativity. This paper looks at how the media reported the results from previous expeditions in 1919,whichwere conducted by the British, and the necessity for the 1922 measurements in Australia. It was this latter local eclipse that was the impetus for Australian correspondents to report on General Relativity. In general, the Australian newspapers chronicled informatively and accurately, they provided a good coverage of the eclipse parties and stressed the significance of the 1922 investigations.

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Authors & Contributors
Tirapicos, Luís
Crato, Nuno
Gilmore, Gerard
Tausch-Pebody, Gudrun
Albertini, Giancarlo
Sicolo, Anna
Concepts
Astronomy
Physics
Relativity, general
Eclipses; transits; occultations; conjunctions
Communication of scientific ideas
Mass media
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
19th century
Ancient
20th century, late
Places
Australia
Great Britain
Brazil
São Tomé and Príncipe
Middle and Near East
Lisbon (Portugal)
Institutions
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Harvard University
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