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The Historiography of Special Relativity: Comments on the Papers by John Earman, Clark Glymour, and Robert Rynasiewicz and by Arthur Miller

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

Kenneth F. Schaffner
Kenneth F. Schaffner*
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University of Pittsburgh
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Part VIII. Einstein's Discovery/Invention Of Special Relativity
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1982 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1982 , 1982 , pp. 417 - 428
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