“Revolution in Science – New theory of the Universe” reported the headlines of the Times on November 7, 1919, but was this headline not premature, was this theory really proven? In 1911 Einstein, a German pacifist, published a theory about the gravitational bending of light, the effect of massive objects on the path of light. To prove this theory, Eddington - a British pacifist and supporter of this theory - realized that this could be done by looking at the suddenly visible stars close to the sun during a total eclipse, this starlight could afterwards be compared to the same stars with their light not influenced by the gravitational effects of the sun. He could set up this experiment on May 29, 1919, after World War I, with a 6 minutes lasting eclipse visible from Northern Brazil to West Africa, and hence with two different observation points. The observations didn't go as planned and bad pictures were taken, nonetheless calculations were made and the correctness of the theory of Einstein was 'proven'. Therefore a new theory, worked out by a German Scientist and proven by a British scientist, was established, although reluctantly just as the new friendship between their nations.
Joke Claeys
Quite interesting topic indeed!You have picked up a nice example to link science with politics.The description of the scientific theory has been well illustrated in the blog.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHowever,the first line of the blog is a bit complexly structured.You could have used more linking words throughout the text instead of too many commas to improve the steady flow of reading.
The last line of the blog smartly concludes the story.I like it.Thanks for presenting a good blog.
Quite interesting topic indeed!You have picked up a nice example to link science with politics.The description of the scientific theory has been well illustrated in the blog.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHowever,the first line of the blog is a bit complexly structured.You could have used more linking words throughout the text instead of too many commas to improve the steady flow of reading.
The last line of the blog smartly concludes the story.I like it.Thanks for presenting a good blog.
Sukalpa Das, Masters of Nematology.
Good job: clear account, flow and grammar are fine.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAs for the remark on the many commas and few linking words: I'd wholeheartedly agree if this was a paper. But since blogs tend to be more like spoken language, the use of the commas to mimic speech works fine here.
well done,
olaf