Daniel Kennefick

Daniel Kennefick

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    Albert Einstein portrait Happy 40th, Einstein! On March 14th, 1919 Albert Einstein celebrated his 40th birthday. Typically for him the big milestone passed off quietly. Read More
    eclipse Daniel Kennefick on No Shadow of a Doubt In 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein’s revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the century’s most celebrated scientific experiment. The result ushered in a new er... Read More
    Four diagrams of Solar eclipses (1711) by Johannes Buno Getting outside when day turns to night What’s the best way to commemorate a historic scientific experiment? Centenaries are popular, and one of the biggest is upcoming, the centenary of the 1919 eclipse observations that confirmed Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Read More