Experiment to Eclipse All Others, An
- Synopsis
- In this short documentary Richard Middlemiss, winner of the 2017 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award Lecture for Engineering, Technology and Industry, attempts to re-create the experiment that gave the first evidence for Einstein’s theory of general relativity. The original experiment was conducted in 1919 by Arthur Eddington. To repeat it, Middlemiss travels to the Faroe Islands to observe a fleeting astronomic event - a total solar eclipse. Does modern technology make this experiment easier? Does the Faoroese weather allow the experiment to be carried out at all? [19 minutes]
- Language
- English
- Year of production
- 2016
- Subjects
- Physics; Science; Technology
- Keywords
- eclipses; Faroe Islands; relativity theory; 2000s
Online availability
- URI
- https://vimeo.com/167538821
- Delivery
- Streamed/Download
Credits
- Contributor
- Richard Middlemiss
Sponsor
- Name
Vitae
- https://www.vitae.ac.uk/about-us/contact-us
- Web
- https://www.vitae.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- c/o CRAC, 22 Signet Court
Cambridge
CB5 8LA - Notes
- Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC).
Distributor
- Name
Vimeo
- Web
- http://www.vimeo.com/ External site opens in new window
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