Physical theory of measurement in an inertial frame of reference proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein

Why does E=mc² : (and why should we care?) / Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw.

Time and age : time machines, relativity and fossils / Michael Mark Woolfson, University of York, UK.

Frontiers of physics, 1900-1911 : selected essays with an original prologue and postscript / Arthur I. Miller.

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Special relativity (Physics)

Works from the collections

Why does E=mc² : (and why should we care?) / Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw.

Time and age : time machines, relativity and fossils / Michael Mark Woolfson, University of York, UK.

Frontiers of physics, 1900-1911 : selected essays with an original prologue and postscript / Arthur I. Miller.