Archive for the ‘External Papers’ Category

The Michelson and Morley Experiment

Posted by Steven Bryant On February - 6 - 2006

This link will take you to an online version of Michelson’s and Morley’s 1887 paper presenting the results of the Interferometer experiment. This copy is maintained at www.aip.org.

Einstein’s Book of Relativity

Posted by Steven Bryant On February - 6 - 2006

This link will take you to an online version of Einstein’s Relativity book. This copy is maintained at www.bartleby.com.

The purpose of this book is to bring Relativity to a broader audience. While Einstein’s rigorous derivations are contained in his manuscripts, he does offer a simplified derivation of his transformation equations in Appendix 1.

Einstein’s 1905 Paper on Special Relativity

Posted by Steven Bryant On February - 6 - 2006

This link will take you away from this site to an online version of Einstein’s 1905 foundational manuscript defining Special Relativity. This copy is maintained at www.fourmilab.ch.

In Section 3 of this paper, Einstein creates his transformation equations.  The findings presenting at this site can be confirmed by reviewing his paper and derivation.