Brit Sir '''Arthur Eddington''' was a top English astronomer best known for venturing out on a boat off Africa in 1919 to observe the bending of starlight around the sun during a total [[eclipse]]. The [[theory of relativity|theory of general relativity]] of [[Albert Einstein]] predicts twice the bending of light around massive objects compared to [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s theory, and an eclipse is required to darken the sun so that the starlight may be seen in proximity to the sun. | Brit Sir '''Arthur Eddington''' was a top English astronomer best known for venturing out on a boat off Africa in 1919 to observe the bending of starlight around the sun during a total [[eclipse]]. The [[theory of relativity|theory of general relativity]] of [[Albert Einstein]] predicts twice the bending of light around massive objects compared to [[Isaac Newton|Newton]]'s theory, and an eclipse is required to darken the sun so that the starlight may be seen in proximity to the sun. |