A comment on Mermin's “Understanding Einstein's 1905 derivation of E=mc2”

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 43 (3):215-217 (2012)
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N. D. Mermin has proposed an “elaboration” of Einstein's 1905 derivation that supposedly fixes the flaws that I identified in this derivation. By specific examples taken from Einstein's own later work, I show that Mermin's elaboration is fraught with misconceptions

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Reply to Ohanian's comment.N. David Mermin - 2012 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 43 (3):218-219.
Reply to Ohanian's comment.N. David Mermin - 2012 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 43 (3):218-219.

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Space-Time-Matter.Hermann Weyl - 1922 - London,: E.P. Dutton and Company. Edited by Henry L. Brose.
Space-Time-Matter.Hermann Weyl & Henry L. Brose - 1953 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 3 (12):382-382.
Did Einstein prove E=mc2?Hans C. Ohanian - 2009 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 40 (2):167-173.

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