>>12988314Einstein's E=mc2 'was Italian's idea'
Rory Carroll in Rome
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Thu 11 Nov 1999 12.21 AEDT
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The mathematical equation that ushered in the atomic age was discovered by an unknown Italian dilettante two years before Albert Einstein used it in developing the theory of relativity, it was claimed yesterday.
Olinto De Pretto, an industrialist from Vicenza, published the equation E=mc2 in a scientific magazine, Atte, in 1903, said Umberto Bartocci, a mathematical historian.
