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Nathaniel Brown

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Einstein needs revision. Posted: Apr 7, 2008 1:20 AM
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I have been contemplating this for over 3 years now, and have come to the realization that Einstein needs revision for simplicity sake.

His equation, e=mc2 is and has been the definitive statement of energy to date.

I have come to realize that his formula can be simplified into a statement which more people can understand in true, pure mathematical simplicity.

1 + 1 = 2

Positive + Negative = Pure Energy

What does this mean? Well it's another way to look at getting an atom bomb, new means to fuel cars, etc.

Consider if one atom had both positive and negative charge in the same space. This releases an enormous amount of energy at once. Not really sure yet what happens when this actually occurs, but lets just say it's big. Real big.

Here's a snippet from a site which helped me to finally figure out what e=mc2 means.

One of Einstein's great insights was to realize that matter and energy are really different forms of the same thing. Matter can be turned into energy, and energy into matter.

For example, consider a simple hydrogen atom, basically composed of a single proton. This subatomic particle has a mass of

0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 672 kg

This is a tiny mass indeed. But in everyday quantities of matter there are a lot of atoms! For instance, in one kilogram of pure water, the mass of hydrogen atoms amounts to just slightly more than 111 grams, or 0.111 kg.

Einstein's formula tells us the amount of energy this mass would be equivalent to, if it were all suddenly turned into energy. It says that to find the energy, you multiply the mass by the square of the speed of light, this number being 300,000,000 meters per second (a very large number):

= 0.111 x 300,000,000 x 300,000,000
= 10,000,000,000,000,000 Joules

So, those two AA you use you power your remote control, well they have a TOTAL of 3 JOULES.

How's that for power? Oh yea.. what are we made of again? Sounds too simple to be real?

Read: Einstein needs revision.

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