A Discussion of Special Relativity
arXiv:1205.0221
Abstract
Five topics: A rigid body does not exist in the special theory of relativity; distant simultaneity defined with respect to a given frame of reference without any reference to synchronized clocks; challenges on Einstein's connection of synchronization and contraction; a theory of relativity without light, composition of relative velocities and space of relative velocities.
This paper is based on conversations with John Stachel and primary sources