On the histories of relativity : the propagation and elaboration of relativity theory in participant histories in Germany, 1905-1911 / Richard Staley.
Abstract:
This essay explores the history and historiography of relativity through a study of the earliest, participant, histories of the subject The author argues that participant histories from Einstein, Planck, Minkowski, and others provided an important means of shaping understandings of relativity-at a time when the theory was subject to major controversy and debate One feature of the study is thus a detailed investigation of the use of historical resources in scientific research.
Isis Vol. 89 (1998), p. 263-299