MacTutor History of Mathematics: Special Relativity

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This part of the MacTutor History of Mathematics site covers the history of Special Relativity. Read about where it became apparent and how the theory evolved.

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Special_relativit...

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Astronomy - Fundamentals = Relativity Relativity - Special Relativity	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Informal Education - Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996 J J O'Connor and E F Robertson
Keywords:: Einstein, FitzGerald, Larmor, Lorentz, Maxwell, Minkowski, Poincaré, Special Relativity
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 30, 2008 by Christopher Bares
Record Updated:: August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: April 21, 2008
Other Collections:: The Spacetime Emporium

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