Drawing the line between kinematics and dynamics in special relativity
DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2008.06.004zbMATH Open1228.83010OpenAlexW2147449898MaRDI QIDQ652790FDOQ652790
Authors: Michel Janssen 
Publication date: 17 December 2011
Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/3895/1/kin-vs-dyn.pdf
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