Proving Einstein Right
The Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe

Great science writing and storytelling I loved this book. It has everything I want in great science writing: clearly explained science, lots of history, political background and biographical information. It reads more like a novel than a science book. The authors show a good sense of humor and keep......more

This is a book about the search for evidence relating to a prediction of Einstein's theory of general relativity, namely that a massive body such as the Sun would bend the light of stars visible near the Sun during a total solar eclipse. The story was told well in Jeffery Crelinsten's book Einstein'......more

This was a bit of a head scratcher. Interesting story (ies) but talk about a guy (and gal) going off on tangents! There is somewhat of a paucity of physics and astronomy and a tremendous surfeit of often irrelevant or perhaps trivial information. Every 'character' gets a mini-bio, sometimes their pa......more

Full disclosure, I received the book for review from the publisher. The book is part chronology, part travelogue, part history in its discussions of the viewing, tracking, and reporting of solar eclipses, (which is how I got interested in it due to the eclipse recently over North America) and how th......more

A wonderful book, well researched and gives a fascinating insight into astronomy in the early 20th century, the lengths and commitment of those documented in this book are incredible.. The book was a little long, but still a great read not into the equations, but the efforts to test and validate the......more