description: The book-length story of the University of Texas's expedition to test Einstein's General Theory of Relativity by attempting to again measure the deflection of starlight by the sun, using the total solar eclipse of 1973 in Mauritania. The "Harlan" in the title is Harlan Smith, the late director of the University of Texas's McDonald Observatory; the name puns on "Harlem Globetrotters," a famous comedy basketball team. The scientific team was led by Bryce DeWitt. The first part of the book reports on a reconnoitering trip through the Sahara in a previous year. The second part of the book reports on the observations, the reduction of data, pitfalls in the details of the experiment, and the results.
language: English
title: Harlan's Globetrotters
titlecomplete: Harlan's Globetrotters
publisher: Xlibris Corp