The genesis of the theory of relativity

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Authors Olivier Darrigol

Publication date 7 August 2006

zbMATH Keywords

Lorentz transformationhistory of special relativity theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Special relativity (83A05) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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