E=mc² is Incomplete
You've heard of E=mc²... but you probably haven't heard the whole story. http://translate.minutephysics.com MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/...
==========
E=mc^2 may be the most famous equation in the world… but what you might not know isthat it isn't the whole story. It just describes objects that have mass and that aren't moving.The full equation is E, squared, equals m c squared, squared, plus p times c, squared,where p represents the momentum of the object in question. This might all seem a bit confusing,but in fact you can draw it as a right triangle with sides E, m c squared, and p times c - andjust use the pythagorean theorem (a squared plus b squared equals c squared) to give youthe equation.Also, from here it's clear to see that for an object that isn't moving and thus doesn'thave any momentum and thus p is zero, we get back our good ole' friend E=mc2. On th...
==========
E=mc^2 may be the most famous equation in the world… but what you might not know isthat it isn't the whole story. It just describes objects that have mass and that aren't moving.The full equation is E, squared, equals m c squared, squared, plus p times c, squared,where p represents the momentum of the object in question. This might all seem a bit confusing,but in fact you can draw it as a right triangle with sides E, m c squared, and p times c - andjust use the pythagorean theorem (a squared plus b squared equals c squared) to give youthe equation.Also, from here it's clear to see that for an object that isn't moving and thus doesn'thave any momentum and thus p is zero, we get back our good ole' friend E=mc2. On th...
