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Norton, J.D. (2005). A Conjecture on Einstein, the Independent Reality of Spacetime Coordinate Systems and the Disaster of 1913. In: Kox, A.J., Eisenstaedt, J. (eds) The Universe of General Relativity. Einstein Studies, vol 11. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-8176-4454-7_5
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