Not Only Because of Theory: Dyson, Eddington and the Competing Myths of the 1919 Eclipse Expedition

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The 1919 Eclipse Expedition to test the light-bending prediction of General Relativity remains one of the most famous physics experiments of the 20th century.

• However, in recent decades it has been increasingly often alleged that the data-analysis of the expedition's leaders was faulty and biased in favor of Einstein's theory.
• Arthur Stanley Eddington is particularly alleged to have been prejudiced in favor of general relativity.
• Specifically it is claimed that some of the data, which would have favored the so-called Newtonian prediction, was thrown out on dubious grounds.