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A Brief Outline of the Development of the Theory of Relativity

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[Translated by Dr. Robert W. Lawson.] THERE is something attractive in presenting the evolution of a sequence of ideas in as brief a form as possible, and yet with a completeness sufficient to preserve throughout the continuity of development. We shall endeavour to do this for the Theory of Relativity, and to show that the whole ascent is composed of small, almost self-evident steps of thought.

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EINSTEIN, A. A Brief Outline of the Development of the Theory of Relativity. Nature 106, 782–784 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/106782a0

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