Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293).
pt. I. On electrodynamics without relativity: 1892-1911. 1. On some other approaches to electrodynamics in 1905 -- 2. A study of Henri Poincaré's "Sur la dynamique de l'Électron" -- pt. II. A technological interlude. 3. Unipolar induction: a case study of the interaction between science and technology -- pt. III. Special relativity. 4. On Einstein's invention of special relativity -- pt. IV. On some contemporary approaches to special relativity. 5. On Lorentz's methodology -- Postscript: Further comments on what Einstein, Lorentz, Planck, and Poincaré did--circa 1905 -- 6. P.W. Bridgman and the special theory of relativity.
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These selected essays by Arthur I. Miller explore the rich traditions in electrodynamics, electrical engineering, and mathematics on which the physicists of 1905 based their conceptions.