Did Einstein prove E=mc^2?

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2009.03.002MaRDI QIDQ652783zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Hans C. Ohanian

Publication date 17 December 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2009.03.002

zbMATH Keywords

energyspecial relativityEinsteinmassKleinenergy relationLauemass relation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Special relativity (83A05) History of quantum theory (81-03) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03)

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