Report

By: Arthur Eddington

Date: 1918

Source: Eddington, Arthur. Report on the Relativity Theory of Gravitation. London: Fleetway Press, 1918, v, 82–84.

About the Author: Arthur Eddington (1882–1944) was born at Kendal, Westmoreland, England. Before he was sixteen years old, he won a scholarship to Owen's College, where he studied mathematics and physics. He graduated with a degree in physics in 1902 and won a scholarship to Trinity College in Cambridge, where he concentrated in mathematics. Eddington was the head of his class in 1904 and graduated in only three years. Following graduation, Eddington was appointed chief assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. From 1906 to 1913 he received training in astronomy and made two research voyages. He eventually became professor of astronomy and the director of the observatory.

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