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This is from Robert March's book Physics for Poets:
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There have been a few somewhat shaky astronomical confirmations of some of these predictions, notably that of the bending of the path of starlight as it passes near the sun (a phenomenon observable only during solar eclipses and requiring fantastically precise measurement;, and Einstein’s explanation of some long-known irregularities in the orbit of the planet Mercury. But in both cases the measurements are not sufficiently precise to really provide a severe test of the theory, and there are those who maintain that even these comparatively crude measurements disagree with Einstein’s theory
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