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Produced by an award-winning translator of Henri Poincar�, this book contains translations�of several seminal articles by Poincar� and discusses the experimental and theoretical investigations of electrons that form their context.� In the 1950s, a dispute ignited about the origin of the theory of special relativity and thrust considerable notoriety on a paper written by Henri Poincar� in 1905. Accordingly, Part I presents the relevant translations of Poincar��s work showing that radiation carries momentum�and the covariance of the equations of electrodynamics, the continuity equation for charge,�and the spacetime interval. Part II then discusses investigations by Thomson,�Becquerel, and Kaufmann of electrons in diverse contexts; contributions of Abraham,�Lorentz and Poincar� to a theory of electrons that includes Lorentz transformations and�explains the dependence of mass on velocity; and finally, Poincar��s exploration of the relativity�principle, electron stability, and gravitation while rejecting absolute motion (ether) and�an electromagnetic origin of mass. Part III contains the 1904 article by H. A. Lorentz�presenting his transformations. This book will be a fascinating read to graduate-level students, physicists, and science�historians who are interested in the development of electrodynamics and the classical,�relativistic theory of electrons at the beginning of the 20th century.Typham this is the title: Henri Poincar�: Electrons to Special Relativity Translation of Selected Papers and Discussion