Resources

• general
  • Usenet Relativity FAQ
• gravity probe b
  • Stanford University
  • GravityProbeB.Com, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
  • Q&A: Testing Einstein's Theories, BBC News, 19 April 2004
• history
  • On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, Albert Einstein, 30 June 1905
    English translation of "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper," Annalen der Physik. Vol. 17: 891 (1905).
  • Einstein, Albert. "Brief Outline of the Development of the Theory of Relativity." Nature 106 (1921): 782–784.
  • Relativity : the Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein, Project Gutenberg
  • Galileo and Einstein, Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
    • The Speed of Light
    • The Michelson-Morley Experiment
    • Special Relativity
  • Special Relativity, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
  • Year of Physics: Relativity Revisited, Nature, 2005
• time dilation
  • Performance and Results of Portable Clocks in Aircraft. J.C. Hafele. Proceedings of the Third Annual Department of Defense (DoD) Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI) Strategic Planning Meeting. (November 1971): 261-288. DTIC Accession Number: ADA489971.
  • Around-the-World Atomic Clocks: Predicted Relativistic Time Gains. J.C. Hafele and Richard E. Keating. Science. Vol. 177, No. 4044, (14 July 1972): 166–168.
  • Around-the-World Atomic Clocks: Observed Relativistic Time Gains. J.C. Hafele and Richard E. Keating. Science. Vol. 177, No. 4044, (14 July 1972): 168–170.
• miscellaneous
  • Search for Extra Dimensions. Fermilab
• video on demand
  • The Mechanical Universe and Beyond
    • The Michelson-Morley Experiment, In 1887, an exquisitely designed measurement of the earth's motion through the ether results in the most brilliant failure in scientific history.
    • The Lorentz Transformation, If the speed of light is to be the same for all observers, then the length of a meter stick, or the rate of a ticking clock, depends on who measures it.
    • Velocity and Time, Einstein is motivated to perfect the central ideas of physics, resulting in a new understanding of the meaning of space and time.