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* Einstein was not the first to observe the equation ''E=mc''<sup>2</sup> as a consequence of special relativity,<ref>Henri Poincaré published it in 1900.  Hermann, Robert A. (January 1, 2004).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20081217082358/http://www.serve.com/herrmann/einpdf.pdf "E=mc<sup>2</sup> is not Einstein's discovery"].  Retrieved from December 17, 2008 archive at Internet Archive on January 24, 2015.</ref> or to foresee its application to [[nuclear binding]] energies or [[antimatter]] annihilation.  
 
* Einstein was not the first to observe the equation ''E=mc''<sup>2</sup> as a consequence of special relativity,<ref>Henri Poincaré published it in 1900.  Hermann, Robert A. (January 1, 2004).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20081217082358/http://www.serve.com/herrmann/einpdf.pdf "E=mc<sup>2</sup> is not Einstein's discovery"].  Retrieved from December 17, 2008 archive at Internet Archive on January 24, 2015.</ref> or to foresee its application to [[nuclear binding]] energies or [[antimatter]] annihilation.  
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* Einstein only published faulty and incomplete proofs.<ref>Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius, by Hans C. Ohanian, http://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Mistakes-Human-Failings-Genius/dp/0393062937</ref><ref>http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/01-einstein.s-23-biggest-mistakes</ref>  
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* Einstein only published faulty and incomplete proofs.<ref>Multiple references:
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*Ohanian, Hans C. (September 2008).  [http://www.amazon.com/Einsteins-Mistakes-Human-Failings-Genius/dp/0393062937 ''Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius''].  Retrieved on January 31, 2015.
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*[http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/01-einstein.s-23-biggest-mistakes "Einstein's 23 biggest mistakes"] (September 1, 2008).  Discover magazine website.  Retrieved on January 31, 2015.</ref>
 
* He did not foresee a nuclear [[chain reaction]] and had to be persuaded about the possibility of an [[atomic bomb]].  
 
* He did not foresee a nuclear [[chain reaction]] and had to be persuaded about the possibility of an [[atomic bomb]].  
 
* However, Einstein's interpretation of the ''E=mc''<sup>2</sup> equation was fairly popular.  
 
* However, Einstein's interpretation of the ''E=mc''<sup>2</sup> equation was fairly popular.  
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