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Challenging nationalism through science in 1919

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In 1919 scientists from rival nations collaborated to test predictions made by Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity during a solar eclipse expedition.

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Fig. 1: Letter from Arthur Eddington to the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory.

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Fig. 2: Portrait of Arthur Eddington and Hendrik Lorentz (front row) with Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest and Willem de Sitter (back row).

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