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The Portuguese Academic Community and the Theory of Relativity

In: e-Journal of Portuguese History
Author:
Augusto José dos Santos Fitas Centro de Estudos de História e Filosofia da Ciência Universidade de Évora afitas@evora.pt

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Online Publication Date:
22 Aug 2005

The theory of relativity was a scientific subject that interested a small number of Portuguese scientists in the first decades of the twentieth century. Portugal was associated with the observational confirmation of general relativity ─ observations of the solar eclipse were carried out on the island of Príncipe; however, no Portuguese astronomers took part in the scientific expedition. International seminars, led by foreign scientists and held in Portugal at the beginning of the 1920s and 1930s, were important. A few Portuguese mathematicians, rather than physicists, were first attracted to this theory and the few academic papers dealing with it were published abroad by two members of this group.

Title:
The Portuguese Academic Community and the Theory of Relativity
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26300/ndnq-4z25
Language:
English
Pages:
1–15
Keywords:
History of Science; Science in Portugal; Theory of Relativity
In:
e-Journal of Portuguese History
In:
Volume 3: Issue 2
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1645-6432
Subjects:
General, History, Global History, Economic History

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