Kinematics: The Lost Origins of Einstein’s Relativity by Alberto A. Martínez

This often-overlooked branch of mechanics, which describes objects’ motion, provided the foundation for special relativity, a historian argues.

KINEMATICS: THE LOST ORIGINS OF EINSTEIN’S RELATIVITY BY ALBERTO A. MARTíNEZ

Johns Hopkins Univ., 2009, 464 p., $65.