Though the original equations were published in 1915, it was 1919 before astrophysicist Arthur Eddington could confirm it, using the occasion of a solar eclipse to show that light was bent by the Sun.
Though the original equations were published in 1915, it was 1919 before astrophysicist Arthur Eddington could confirm it, using the occasion of a solar eclipse to show that light was bent by the Sun. In 1922, its discoverer added an extra term to oppose the potential expansion of the universe, a move he later called his "biggest blunder." Merging Newton's law of universal gravitation with Einstein's earlier work, for ten points, name this theory based on gravitation being a manifestation of curved space-time.
Though the original equations were published in 1915, it was 1919 before astrophysicist Arthur Eddington could confirm it, using the occasion of a solar eclipse to show that light was bent by the Sun.
{general relativity} (prompt on relativity)