Analyzes one of the three great papers Einstein published in 1905, each of which would alter forever the field it dealt with. The second of these papers had an impact in a much broader field than electrodynamics. It uses the paper to provide a window into the intense intellectual struggles of physicists in the first decade of the 20th century.

- "The New Yorker."

Preface.- Author's Notes to the Reader.- Cast of Characters.- Introduction.- Electrodynamics: 1890-1905.- Einstein's Philosophic Viewpoint in 1905.- An Analysis of Einstein's Introductory Comments to "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper".- Simultaneity and Time.- Length and Time are Relative Quantities.- The Relativistic Transformations.- The Relativity of Length and Time.- The Theorem of Addition of Velocities.- The Relativity of the Electric and Magnetic Fields.- Doppler's Principle and Stellar Aberration.- Light Quanta, Radiation, and Relativity.- On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies.- Epilogue.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.