In 1905 , Einstein published his article introducing special relativity , `` On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies '' , in Annalen der Physik . In this article , he presented the postulates of relativity , derived the Lorentz transformations from them , and ( unaware of Lorentz 's 1904 article ) also showed how the Lorentz Transformations affect electric and magnetic fields . Einstein has said that all of the consequences of special relativity can be derived from examination of the Lorentz transformations .