Black Holes

Lost in Einstein's Shadow Lost in Einstein's Shadow- American Scientist magazine article describes the people whose work paved the way for the special theory of relativity. By Tony Rothman; also includes l… A Note on Relativity before Einstein A Note on Relativity before Einstein- The first presentation of the Lorentz transformations, including the crucial time dilation, belongs to Larmor (c. 1897). Eclipse Showed Gravity Vatiation Eclipse Showed Gravity Vatiation- New York Times article on the 1919 eclipse observations by two British expeditions, which confirmed the predictions of general relativity for lig… History of General Relativity History of General Relativity- Wikipedia article on the development of relativity. Includes sections about observational tests and alternative theories. Einstein, Nordström and the Early Demise of Scalar, Lorentz Covariant Theories of Gravitation Einstein, Nordström and the Early Demise of Scalar, Lorentz Covariant Theories of Gravitation- About the development of general relativity, Einstein's early rejection of Lorentz-c… Henri Poincaré and Relativity Theory Henri Poincaré and Relativity Theory- Identifies the contributions made to the special theory of relativity by Poincaré and argues that the theory "has been created not by A. Eins… Relativity Priority Dispute Relativity Priority Dispute- Wikipedia article about the various contributors to special and general relativity, and about the contentious questions of who has priority on the dif… History of Special Relativity History of Special Relativity- Wikipedia article on the genesis and development of special relativity and its precursors. Olinto De Pretto Olinto De Pretto- Wikipedia article about the Italian industrialist and claims that he published the famous formula E=mc² two years before Einstein did. History Topic: Special Relativity History Topic: Special Relativity- Concise summary of the history of special relativity, from Maxwell and Lorentz to Einstein; from the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive (Un… Einstein's Articles in "Annalen der Physik" Einstein's Articles in "Annalen der Physik"- Website by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) presenting the seminal articles on relativity and other subjec… History Topic: General Relativity History Topic: General Relativity- An outline of the development of the theory, including a summary of relevant earlier work (from Aristotle to Maxwell); from the MacTutor History… Einstein and Hilbert: The Creation of General Relativity Einstein and Hilbert: The Creation of General Relativity- Discusses the correspondence between the two, their priority dispute, and their amicable resolution of it. By Ivan T. Tod…