On March 14, 1879, German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein was born, who has become an iconic figure for physics as well as science of the 20th century. He is best known for his theories on special and general relativity, as well as for the discovery of the photoelectric effect - for which he received the Nobel Prize - and he developed what has been named the most famous equation in history, the mass energy equivalence. Of course our history of science and technology (and art) blog wouldn't be complete without mentioning Albert Einstein's birthday. We already had several articles mentioning Einsteins work (The annus mirabilis 1905) or influence (relativity theory, nuclear fission, quantum physics, etc.). Thus, it is high time to take a closer look at the life of the most prominent scientist ever that has even become a popular icon.
On November 22, 1944, British astrophysicist and philosopher Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington passed away. He became famous for his 1919 solar eclipse expedition to Principe, where he conducted astrophysical experiments to give proof for Albert Einstein's seminal theory of general relativity.
H. Fliegel, and R. DiEsposti. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, page 189--200. Reston, Virginia, (December 1996)
D. Dolce, and A. Perali. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 626 (2015) 012062, (2016)cite arxiv:1602.09023Comment: Slightly revised version of the published paper. Presented at DICE2014. 9 pages.
D. Dolce. chapter 4 in "Beyond Peaceful Coexistence The Emergence of Space, Time and Quantum", IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS (2016), (2017)cite arxiv:1707.00677Comment: Revised version of the published chapter 4 in "Beyond Peaceful Coexistence The Emergence of Space, Time and Quantum", IMPERIAL COLLEGE PRESS (2016).
S. Tremaine. (2014)cite arxiv:1407.6363Comment: 14 pages, 2 figures. To appear in "From Atoms to the Stars", a special issue of Daedalus (Fall 2014, vol. 143, no. 4).