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History of General Relativity Open in a new windowLink Details
- Wikipedia article on the development of relativity. Includes sections about observational tests and alternative theories.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_general_relativity

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Scott Walter's Homepage Open in a new windowLink Details
- Contains articles of the historian of science Scott Walter (Université de Nancy 2), including those on the history of special relativity, with a special focus on contributors other than Einstein (such as Poincaré, and Minkowski).
- http://www.univ-nancy2.fr/DepPhilo/walter/

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Einstein, Nordström and the Early Demise of Scalar, Lorentz Covariant Theories of Gravitation Open in a new windowLink Details
- About the development of general relativity, Einstein's early rejection of Lorentz-covariant theories of gravity, and Nordström's attempts at formulating just such a model. By J. D. Norton (University of Pittsburgh).
- http://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/Nordstroem.pdf

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Henri Poincaré and Relativity Theory Open in a new windowLink Details
- Identifies the contributions made to the special theory of relativity by Poincaré and argues that the theory "has been created not by A. Einstein only but even to a greater extent by Poincaré." By A. A. Logunov.
- http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0408077

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Relativity Priority Dispute Open in a new windowLink Details
- Wikipedia article about the various contributors to special and general relativity, and about the contentious questions of who has priority on the different ideas and concepts involved, and in how far Einstein was influenced by his contemporaries and pred
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_priority_dispute

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History of Special Relativity Open in a new windowLink Details
- Wikipedia article on the genesis and development of special relativity and its precursors.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_special_relativity

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Olinto De Pretto Open in a new windowLink Details
- Wikipedia article about the Italian industrialist and claims that he published the famous formula E=mc² two years before Einstein did.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olinto_De_Pretto

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History Topic: Special Relativity Open in a new windowLink Details
- Concise summary of the history of special relativity, from Maxwell and Lorentz to Einstein; from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St. Andrews).
- http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Special_relativity.html

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Of Pots and Holes: Einstein’s Bumpy Road to General Relativity Open in a new windowLink Details
- Article tracing the history of general relativity, by the historian of science Michel Janssen (University of Minnesota).
- http://www.tc.umn.edu/~janss011/pdf%20files/potsandholes.pdf

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Einstein's Articles in "Annalen der Physik" Open in a new windowLink Details
- Website by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) presenting the seminal articles on relativity and other subjects that Einstein published in the physics journal "Annalen der Physik"; also includes four introductory essays
- http://einstein-annalen.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/home

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Einstein's Discovery of Relativity Open in a new windowLink Details
- Essay by John Stachel (Boston University) which gives a concise account of Einstein's biography at the turn of the century, and attempts to reconstruct how he developed the special theory of relativity.
- http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/essay-einstein-relativity.htm

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Einstein's Time Open in a new windowLink Details
- A discussion of the differences in perspective between Einstein and Poincaré between Peter Galison (Harvard) and Graham Burnett (Princeton); main focus are the notions of time and simultaneity.
- http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/essay-einsteins-time.htm

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History Topic: General Relativity Open in a new windowLink Details
- An outline of the development of the theory, including a summary of relevant earlier work (from Aristotle to Maxwell); from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (University of St. Andrews).
- http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/General_relativity.html

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The Mystery of the Einstein-Poincaré Connection Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses the similarities and differences between the two men's versions of what is now known as special relativity. By Olivier Darrigol (CNRS, Paris), published in the journal Isis.
- http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ISIS/journal/issues/v95n4/950404/950404.web.pdf

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Einstein and Hilbert: The Creation of General Relativity Open in a new windowLink Details
- Discusses the correspondence between the two, their priority dispute, and their amicable resolution of it. By Ivan T. Todorov.
- http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504179

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Lost in Einstein's Shadow Open in a new windowLink Details
- American Scientist magazine article describes the people whose work paved the way for the special theory of relativity. By Tony Rothman; also includes link to PDF version.
- http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/49611

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