I've been working on my physics and Einstines' theorys have came across many times. This is something I'd really like explained.
2007-02-05 04:34:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
E=mc^2 implies that matter and energy are two manifestation of the same thing, and could -- with the proper conditions -- be transmuted from one to the other. Matter can be turned into energy (nuclear energy in the sun) and energy can be turned into mater (big bag, particle accelerators) although we are not very good at doing it yet.
2007-02-05 04:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
E=mc^2 stand for Energy = Mass X Celeritas Squared. Mass stands, obviously, for the mass of an object; for the sake of example, let's say that object is a paperclip weighing 1 gram. The speed of light is called celeritas, and is equal to 299,792,458 m/s. This number squared equals 89,875,517,873,681,764. When you multiply that 1 gram of mass with c^2, you get an enormous amount of energy. To sum it up, mass and energy are the same thing, but just a small amount of mass makes a large amount of energy. On a side note, this is the reason atomic and hydrogen bombs explode and the sun burns.
2007-02-05 04:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by dahighii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein was giving a mathematical equation that sets up an equality, namely that if you multiply a quantity of mass (say 1 gram) times the square of the speed of light (300,000 kilometers/second) which would be about 9 billion k/s/s then you get a quantity that represents the amount of energy contained in that gram of matter. You can see from this multiplication that there is an enormous amount of energy contained in matter.
2007-02-05 04:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy and mass have a direct relation to eachother, the equation is used to convert the two to eachother. In the equation:
E = energy
m = mass,
c = The speed of light (299 792 458 m / s)
So the energy(E) of a given mass(m) is that mass(m) * c
If you want to find the mass of a given energy, then the
mass(m) = energy(E) / (c*c)
It is most useful for advanced physics, such as quantum physics, to explain how a black hole can lose mass over time by losing energy, etc.
2007-02-05 04:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by SWDude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This theory says there is no speed greater than c.even c+1
and if a matter moves with that speed it vanishes and yield energy that is equal to the mass of the object mutiplied with light speed squared.
That is a huge amout of energy
2007-02-05 04:54:46 · answer #5 · answered by T-bag 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Einstein said also that applies only on quantum physics.
The E stands for Energy
The M stands for mass
The C stands for speed of light=3*10^8 m/s
this is the highest speed man know
Then what makes speed of light related to the equation???
He answered that this applies only for the particles that move with much less speed than speed of light not for all particles
check this site for better explanation
http://abc.net.au/science/features/einstein/
2007-02-05 04:43:30 · answer #6 · answered by spidey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy = Mass * the square of the speed of light. (* is the symbol used in computer programming to represent multiplication.)
2007-02-05 04:43:07 · answer #7 · answered by Richard H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To put it simply it equates mass and energy, when traveling at greater than light speed. my answer is simpler than the first poster.
Try Wikipedia. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/
2007-02-05 04:42:38 · answer #8 · answered by robert2020 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋