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Our present topic is the theory of special relativity, formulated in 1905 by Albert Einstein. [His theory of gravitation, or general relativity (1916), lies outside the scope of this book.]
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Wellner, M. (1991). Relativity. In: Elements of Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3860-8_25
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