Einstein and special relativity. Some inconsistencies in his electrodynamics

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 32 (2):167-176 (1981)
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Why did the new physics force out the old?Rinat M. Nugayev - 1996 - International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 10 (2):127 – 140.
Einstein and special relativity: Who wrote the added footnotes?Ian Mccausland - 1984 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 35 (1):60-61.

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The Principle of Relativity.Albert Einstein - 1920 - [Calcutta]: Dover Publications. Edited by H. Minkowski, Meghnad Saha & Satyendranath Bose.
The principle of relativity.Hendrik Antoon Lorentz - 1923 - London,: Methuen & Co.. Edited by Albert Einstein, H. Minkowski, Hermann Weyl, Arnold Sommerfeld, W. Perrett & G. B. Jeffery.

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