Space-Time

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
- 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.

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