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First Edition: September 2019

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Names: Gates, S. James (Sylvester James), author. | Pelletier, Cathie, author.

Title: Proving Einstein right : the daring expeditions that changed how we look at the universe / S. James Gates, Jr., and Cathie Pelletier.

Description: New York : PublicAffairs, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019019277 (print) | LCCN 2019021752 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541762237 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541762251 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Solar eclipses—1919. | Total solar eclipses. | Relativity (Physics)

Classification: LCC QB544.19 (ebook) | LCC QB544.19 .G38 2019 (print) | DDC 530.11072/3—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019019277

ISBNs: 978-1-5417-6225-1 (hardcover), 978-1-5417-6223-7 (ebook)

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