Why is the square of the universal speed limit the amount of energy?
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From: Mathal on 2 May 2010 11:12 On May 1, 4:17 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > E = MC Squared > > Why is mass related by the square of light speed? > > God chose this fundamental. Is that kilometers per second,miles per second, miles per hour..... squared. Each is a different number. Try substituting C = 1, with all other velocities being a fraction < 1. E=MC^2 is an icon, that is all. Mathal
From: calvin on 2 May 2010 11:30 On May 2, 11:12 am, Mathal <mathmusi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On May 1, 4:17 pm, BURT <macromi...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > E = MC Squared > > Why is mass related by the square of light speed? > > God chose this fundamental. > > Is that kilometers per second,miles per second, miles per hour..... > squared. > Each is a different number. ... Energy in ergs equals mass in grams times the square of the speed of light in centimeters per second.
From: calvin on 2 May 2010 12:03 On May 2, 11:40 am, Tom Roberts <tjroberts...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > ... Historically we use seconds and meters, which happen to > make c be a very large number with units meters/second; ... It's centimeters per second.
From: Ralph Garbage on 2 May 2010 12:22 On May 2, 8:03 am, calvin <cri...(a)windstream.net> wrote: > On May 2, 11:40 am, Tom Roberts <tjroberts...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > ... Historically we use seconds and meters, which happen to > > make c be a very large number with units meters/second; ... > > It's centimeters per second. Even bigger (than meters/second) It could be measured in inches per year or meters per meter If you go 60 meters per second, that's the same as 6000 centimeters per second. They are the same.
From: calvin on 2 May 2010 12:30
On May 2, 12:22 pm, Ralph Garbage <ralph.rabbi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On May 2, 8:03 am, calvin <cri...(a)windstream.net> wrote: > > On May 2, 11:40 am, Tom Roberts <tjroberts...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > ... Historically we use seconds and meters, which happen to > > > make c be a very large number with units meters/second; ... > > > It's centimeters per second. > > Even bigger (than meters/second) > > It could be measured in inches per year or meters per meter > If you go 60 meters per second, that's the same as 6000 centimeters > per second. They are the same. I know that, but the equation is: Energy in ergs equals mass in grams times the square of the speed of light in centimeters per second. Units matter, and if you're going to express c as meters, then you need to adjust the other units accordingly. |