special relativity: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Indian Academy of Sciences - Einstein and the Special Theory of Relativity. | Sep 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Special Relativity Derived from Spacetime Magma. | Apr 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Special theory of relativity - 2015 Challenge Winner! | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Special Relativity. | Jul 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Trinity College Dublin - School of Mathematics - Special Relativity (PDF). | Apr 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Mathematics - Special Relativity (PDF). | Jan 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - Einstein and the Special Theory of Relativity. | Nov 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Quaternions and Special Relativity. | Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Pittsburgh - Einstein for Everyone - Origins of Special Relativity. | Aug 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Penn Engineering - Special Relativity. | Jul 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Virginia - Galileo and Einstein - Special Relativity. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boston University Arts and Sciences - Physics - Special relativity. | May 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Introduction to Special Relativity. | Sep 07, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | May 28, 2021 | ||
| Clarified the circumstances in which special relativity applies. | Nov 14, 2017 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Einstein Online - Special relativity. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Einstein Online - Special relativity. | Sep 20, 2017 | ||
| New article added. | Feb 12, 2010 |
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