Einstein's equation, translated into English reads, to me:
Energy is created when matter is accelerated to the speed of light squared, or, energy is matter at the square of the spped of light.
A key point of relativity is that C is the absolute speed of a particle in our universe. (Experimentally, I assume that this means that no particle has ever been measured at higher than C. Of course, since the particles in the measuring device top out at C that would be difficult.) However, C squared. Can't happen. A science teacher once said that it was sufficient to us e=mv, or e=mc. So why an equation that contradicts the most fundamental point?
2006-12-15 05:25:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
No the equation says nothing about accelerating to the speed of light. The equal sign says that matter and energy are equivalent. Energy equals matter times a constant. Instead of the constant being pi or some other number, it happens to be the value of the speed of light squared. It's just a number in a formula and nothing more.
2006-12-15 06:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The square of the velocity of light is merely a number that is inserted into the equation to illustrate a conversion factor..
2006-12-16 18:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no dude the ammount of joules of energy in an object is equal to its mass in grams times the speed of light squared (in meters/second i think). you dont create energy. you release the energy already contained in the mater when you hit the speed of light. E=MC2 just tells you how much energy will be released when you bring it to the speed of light.
2006-12-15 15:10:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋