The gravitational bending of light by stars: a continuing story of curiosity, scepticism, surprise, and fascination

DOI10.1007/S10714-010-0964-XzbMATH Open1213.83038OpenAlexW2091326010WikidataQ67228762 ScholiaQ67228762MaRDI QIDQ538376FDOQ538376

Authors: Martin Dominik 

Publication date: 25 May 2011

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-010-0964-x

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zbMATH Keywords

history of sciencerelativity and gravitationextra-solar planetary systemsgravitational lenses and luminous arcsphotography and photometryscience and government

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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