The Real Meaning of E=mc²

Posted: May 20, 2015 by

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You’ve probably known OF E=mc² since you were born, and were also probably told that it meant that it proved Mass equaled Energy, or something along those lines. BUT WAIT. Was E=mc² explained to you properly? Mass equalling energy is mostly true, but E=mc² actually describes a much more interesting, and frankly mind-blowing aspect of reality that likely wasn’t covered in your high school physics class. Join Gabe on this week’s episode of PBS Space Time he discusses THE TRUE MEANING OF E=mc²

Extra Credit:

Einstein’s 1905 E=mc^2 paper (English translation):
http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol2-trans/188

http://www.astro.puc.cl/~rparra/tools/PAPERS/e_mc2.pdf (more modern notation)

Veritasium: Your Mass is NOT From the Higgs Boson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztc6QPNUqls
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