2006-06-05 11:28:49 · 3 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
gsshulte=yes ,it has nothing to do with the Mc^2 that Henri Point Carre stated.Or Einstein "s usage.
2006-06-05 11:36:44 · update #1
It's called relativity because it shows that time and space are relative to the observer, and can be perceived differently from other reference frames.
What's this about collisions?
2006-06-05 12:25:36 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how is there a collision when every thing at the speed of light is energy? am i thinking of the wrong thing E = MC^2
2006-06-05 18:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by gsschulte 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, einstein himself prefers it to be called the invariance theory, on the basis that the speed of light remains constant under all conditions
2006-06-05 20:49:02 · answer #3 · answered by Noel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋