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Comprehensible. It was written not just for
the academics, but was also simplified
to the point that an ordinary person with
some knowledge of physics could understand
it. Still, Albert’s new theory would need to be
proven before it could be accepted by the
scientific community.
To settle the matter, a pair of English
astronomers named Arthur Eddington and
Frank Dyson traveled to the island of Principe,
off the west coast of Africa, to observe the solar
eclipse of May 29, 1919. During the eclipse—
which lasted less than seven minutes—they took
many photographs of the stars that were
visible closest to the sun. Using the positions of
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