I have 2 questions concerning Einstein. It needs knowledge of the history of Einstein.
Did Einstein came up with another equation "E=mc(2)-mc(2)"?
(2) means squared here.
Did he say "God does not play dice." when he refuted Neils
Bohr's theory of Quantum Physics?
2007-03-08 22:38:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
He was referring to particularly to Heisenbergs uncertainty principle which says you can know the velocity/momentum or the position of a particle but not both. He did not really try to rebut quantum theory, if I recall correctly he used Plancks constant "h" in explaining the photoelectric effect in a paper which was published just before or at the same time as his first relativity work. He argued with Bohr a lot though.
The equation I don't know about. Does not look likely as it seems to mean Energy is zero for any mass.
2007-03-08 23:11:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No to the first question.
A quantum universe requires a finite universe,Einstein knew this.
A finite universe must come to an end one day.
Einstein could not accept eternal nothing so he said "god does not play dice with universe"
This gave him a quantum universe,which couldn't be anything else and it gave him an infinite universe ,which is impossible.
The quote from Einstein,honest I didn't copy it.
2007-03-09 07:13:18 · answer #2 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like to give speculative answer to the first question. As it stands it is impossible because right hand side gives you zero. But if you say that E = m'c^2 - mc^2, where m is rest mass, then this is the correct and precise relativistic expression for kinetic energy of the particle. Whereas 1/2 m' v^2 or 1/2 mv^2 are not correct expression for kinetic energy.
2007-03-09 08:35:10 · answer #3 · answered by Let'slearntothink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first answer would be no, because that is saying E=0. He did say "God does not play dice", relating to Quantum theory, but he also said he believed in the Bible until he was about 11, when he realized it couldn't be true. So as for the people that use that statement to imply he was deeply religious, they are full of it.
2007-03-09 07:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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That equation doesn't make much sense since
E = mc² - mc² = 0 so no, I doubt that Einstein ever had such an equation. You may be thinking of
M = m/â(1-(v/c)²) which describes relativistic mass increase with velocity.
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Einstein was a deeply religious man and simply never accepted quantum mechanics. He did, in fact, make that famous comment ("God does not play dice with the Universe."), but it was made to Heisenberg, not Bohr.
HTH âº
Doug
2007-03-09 06:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes
2007-03-09 06:42:11 · answer #6 · answered by SilverSurfer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋