I think I have posted this before, but Einstein was also able to derive E=mc^2 without recourse to his theory of special relativity. Max Born presented this alternate derivation in his book Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Here is the proof:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QmOS5X3GR95t1rjr-SJQGVHun2_vykE5jDOVYc18La8/edit?usp=sharing Harry On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 3:23 PM Robin <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Jürg Wyttenbach's message of Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:25:49 +0200: > Hi Jürg, > > If E=mc^2 is wrong, then perhaps you should write the major nuclear > powers, and explain to them why their bombs don't > work. ;) > > >Andrew, > > > > > >I could give you a very long list. First problem: The Dirac equation > >itself is only working for fields and never for mass. The inclusion of > >the relativistic mass simply is an error made by a mathematician with no > >clue of physics. > > > >The Einstein equation (E=mc^2) has been guessed from the Poincaré > >equation dm= E/c^2 . But Einstein did misunderstand this (Poincaré) > >conclusion as it only works for radiation fields not for static fields. > >So the Einstein and later the Dirac equation are plain nonsense. There > >are other more severe reasons why the Einstein equation fails. I'm just > >finishing a paper about this. > If no one clicked on ads companies would stop paying for them. :) > >

