THE ORIGIN OF E=mc2
Einstein showed that from relativity's axioms, it is possible to deduce the famous equation which shows the equivalence between matter and energy. E = mc2. However, it was Poincaré who in 1900 first published the "energy equation" in slightly different form, namely as: m= E/c2
Einstein's insight :
As we can see E= mc2 is a formula which was not invented by Einstein .But Einstein is given credit for realizing the significance of mass -energy relationship. Then how , Einstein ,not a prominent scientist , realized it?
to understand this puzzle let's look at the novel , Master of the World , published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne. in this novel, Robur the conqueror invented a vehicle that can travel in such great speed that it's mass becomes reduced during high speed motions. Look, in this novel Jules Verne inferred that there is a connection between the mass & the kinetic energy.How did he assume it? His writing were pre -relativity literature ?We can say that since J. Verne was a dervish he had insight . Now Einstein was a dervish too, so he also had insight like J. Verne and like Jules he realized that Kinetic energy changes into mass at high speed , hence,he understood the meaning of E=mc2
So the knowledge of E=mc2 comes from insight !
Einstein showed that from relativity's axioms, it is possible to deduce the famous equation which shows the equivalence between matter and energy. E = mc2. However, it was Poincaré who in 1900 first published the "energy equation" in slightly different form, namely as: m= E/c2
Einstein's insight :
As we can see E= mc2 is a formula which was not invented by Einstein .But Einstein is given credit for realizing the significance of mass -energy relationship. Then how , Einstein ,not a prominent scientist , realized it?
to understand this puzzle let's look at the novel , Master of the World , published in 1904, is one of the last novels by French pioneer science fiction writer, Jules Verne. in this novel, Robur the conqueror invented a vehicle that can travel in such great speed that it's mass becomes reduced during high speed motions. Look, in this novel Jules Verne inferred that there is a connection between the mass & the kinetic energy.How did he assume it? His writing were pre -relativity literature ?We can say that since J. Verne was a dervish he had insight . Now Einstein was a dervish too, so he also had insight like J. Verne and like Jules he realized that Kinetic energy changes into mass at high speed , hence,he understood the meaning of E=mc2
So the knowledge of E=mc2 comes from insight !