Albert Einstein introduced the world to Special Relativity in his seminal 1905 paper: A. Einstein, “Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper”, Ann. d. Physik, 17, 1905 (“On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies”).
Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper (Original German) (original German).
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies (Translated Into English by Jeffries and Perritt)
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies (Translated Into English by Jeffries and Perritt)
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