In Max Born's book _Einstein's Theory of Relativity_ there is a derivation of e = mc^2 without any special relativity concepts. see p. 283-286, 1962 edition.
Harry Jones Beene wrote: > BlankWhat... the great genius, Einstein is not all he is cracked > up to be? > > Surely, Richard, you are not suggesting that he lifted his famous > equation - e=mc^2 - from another person without attribution - or > that the victim was a fellow named Olinto de Pretto, who published > it in 1903, fully two years before Einstein published his paper.. > > This documented revelation has been known in Italy and on the net > for some time, and never denied by anyone - how can it be denied ? > the evidence is absolutely clear... yet no major newspaper or > scientific journal has picked up the story of this injustice. > Popular Science is a nothing more than a marketing tool anyway, it > is a joke as far as science goes... > > Einstein never appologized nor even acknowledged his misdeed, > AFAIK but the Nobel committee probably had suspicions then... as > he was awarded the prize in 1921 solely for his work on the > photoelectric effect, which he did deserve. Of course, he is still > remembered mainly for his work on relativity and gravity, but that > is not what he got the Nobel prize for. > > Were it not for the elephantine memory of the WWW, and a few > iconclasts, who would know? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: RC Macaulay > > If they say so, it must be true. > > Richard >
