Thread: Surely E=mc^2 was first written down in 1881!
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Old 07-February-2002, 04:13 AM
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OK. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

I like your phrase "crackpottery." Nice imagery!

At the turn of the 20th Century here was also a group of people then termed "paradoxers." Their mission seemed to have been to confound modern science in the manner you have outlined. They pestered astronomers in those days as well.