From The Science Asylum.
E=mc² is probably the most famous equation ever, and it’s repeatedly misunderstood. It’s not even the whole equation!
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Einstein’s Papers:
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https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/
Minkowski’s Papers:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:The_Fundamental_Equations_for_Electromagnetic_Processes_in_Moving_Bodies
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Space_and_Time_(Prasad)
https://mathweb.ucsd.edu/~b3tran/cgm/Minkowski_SpaceAndTime_1909.pdf
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TIME CODES
00:00 Intro
00:42 What is "Mass"?
01:00 Einstein Version
02:05 Rest Energy
02:35 E=mc² True Meaning
03:24 Minkowski Version
04:44 Careful with the Language
06:32 Both made-up and real
07:49 Equations vs Reality
08:48 Support the Channel
09:28 Featured Comments
