Thread: Review: Why Does E = mc2?

Well, Katie(F)(B), i do enjoy the wider range of your thoughts and questions, musings. While there are 'scientific' views/interpretations of things, and 'mystical' interpretations, one should try to 'separate' the two.  (i consider myself an Alchemist, in the 'ancient' tradition, but also, quite the modern scientist). First, it is thought that the Sun radiates its light in all driections, as a...

Superlight! I like that. That fits with what I understand sort of. Need to think about it more.   In closing, a word about the significance of 'speed of light squared' in E = mc**2...      The acceleration of a falling body in Earth gravity is (I think!) Acceleration equals 32 feet per second per second, i.e. A = 32 (ft/sec)**2.  In other words, a falling object goes faster the...

Thanks berto (B) for your very informative posts!

Written out it reads: "The amount of energy contained in an atom of matter is equal to the mass of that atom times the speed of light multiplied by itself." The speed of light is not used as a measure of speed here but as a measure of amount only.

Why Does E = mc2? Because Einstein said so

 Katie: So how much energy does an atom contain when not in motion..... http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/3-atoms.htm the particals in an atom are always in motion.....  or are you talking-asking about atomic weights???  if so then that varries by whatever element you are examining

Katie #50 " Golly Gosh. There has to be a simple way to explain all of this. And still nothing mentions what the speed of light has to do with it." "I have much more thinking to do on the subject. I tend to think beyond the norm when something doesn't make sense. " . As long as we are into speculative adventuring here, I'd like to throw yet another idea into the mix... the concept of SuperLight....