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Re: [Phys-l] E=mc^2 because E=mc^2?



This was probably already alluded to, but articles are rejected all the
time for reasons that have nothing to do with the merit or validity of
the article; they are too long, don't match the audience of journal,
don't fit well with the intended mission of the journal, are nothing
terribly new, not interesting enough etc etc. etc.

So just knowing that the article was rejected for publication doesn't
say much about its validity; of course articles are rejected on the
grounds of validity, but one would have to be privy to the referee
reports to know, or else one must read the article and judge it for
yourself, using your own professional expertise.

________________________
Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU

Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293



| -----Original Message-----
| From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
| [mailto:phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf
| Of carmelo@pacific.net.sg
| Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:55 PM
| To: Forum for Physics Educators
| Subject: Re: [Phys-l] E=mc^2 because E=mc^2?
|
| John Denker wrote:
| > I don't know what Sciama said about this, but my usage agrees with
| > Misner/Thorne/Wheeler, with Weinberger, ..... and with Einstein.
| >
| > Reference: Gary Oas, ``On the abuse and use of
| relativistic mass''
| > http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0504/0504110.pdf
|
| By the way, American Journal of Physics has rejected Oas'
| manuscript "On the abuse and use of relativistic mass".
| They should have *good reasons* for doing so.
|
|
| Alphonsus
|
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