Einstein's meteoric rise to world fame came after the publication of Sir [[Arthur Eddington]]'s observations on the bending of [[star]]light passing nearby the [[Sun]], which were taken during the total [[solar eclipse]] of May 29, 1919, and which were proclaimed to be the first observational proofs of Einstein's space-time [[theorem]]s of [[General Relativity]]. | Einstein's meteoric rise to world fame came after the publication of Sir [[Arthur Eddington]]'s observations on the bending of [[star]]light passing nearby the [[Sun]], which were taken during the total [[solar eclipse]] of May 29, 1919, and which were proclaimed to be the first observational proofs of Einstein's space-time [[theorem]]s of [[General Relativity]]. |