Special relativity: A Centenary perspective

@article{Will2005SpecialRA,
  title={Special relativity: A Centenary perspective},
  author={Clifford M. Will},
  journal={arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology},
  year={2005},
  volume={47},
  pages={33-58}
}
  • C. Will
  • Published 19 April 2005
  • Physics
  • arXiv: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
This article is a partly pedagogical, partly historical and partly technical review of special relativity and its experimental foundations, in honor of the centenary of Einstein's annus mirabilis. 
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