Origin and Development of the Theory of Relativity
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Scientific Paper | |
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Title | Origin and Development of the Theory of Relativity |
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Author(s) | William Wilson |
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Published | 1958 |
Journal | Science Progress |
Volume | 46 |
No. of pages | 7 |
Pages | 241-247 |
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Abstract
There is an explicit statement of a restricted form. of what Einstein later called the Principle of Relativity in Sir Isaac Newton's Principia. It may be translated: "The motions of bodies enclosed in a given space are the same relatively to each other whether that space is at rest or moving uniformly in direction [i.e. "moving with a constant velocity in a straight line] without circular motion." ...