Preface
Foreword by Gerald Holton
1. Perspectives on the Aether
2. Dramatis Personae of Aether Drift
3. Michelson and Interferometry, 1880–1883
4. The Classic Experiments, 1884–1890
5. Contradictions and Contractions, 1890–1900
6. Transformations of the Aether, circa 1900
7. Morley-Miller Experiments, 1900–1905
8. The Rise of Relativity, 1905–1910
9. The Fall of the Aether, 1910–1920
10. Miller Challenges Michelson, 1920–1925
11. Michelson Reaffirms the Null, 1925–1930
12. Aether Experiments and Physical Theory
Appendix A: “The Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether,” by Albert A. Michelson, Master, U.S. Navy (1881)
Appendix B: “Influence of Motion of the Medium on the Velocity of Light,” by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley (1886)
Appendix C: “On the Relative Motion of the Earth and the Luminiferous Ether,” by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley (1887)
Note on Sources
Bibliography
Index

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Loyd S. Swenson, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Houston.

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