On this website first the basic principles of the theory of Special Relativity will be presented in detail.
In further steps the consequences derived out of the theory and later the existing limits will be discussed.
A major contribution for the understanding of the discussions arising during the presentation of the theory
is taking a close view on the historical development, which is presented in sections 1.1 - 1.7.
To realize this, three important parts of physical science were chosen (classical mechanics, light and its radiation,
electromagnetism) and connected with this, important persons are presented, who had major influence on the development.
The presented selection out of numerous researchers is most probably partly unfair but has to be limited for obvious
reasons because of the almost unlimited number.
In section 1.8 a short introduction in the contents of the following chapters is presented.