What's Wrong With E=MC^2?

Re:What's Wrong With E=MC^2? by chrischen on Saturday August 15, 2009 @09:06PM (#765439)

So basically to be uber geeky you should start espousing e=mc2 + mv2/2?

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Re:What's Wrong With E=MC^2? by DougBTX on Sunday August 16, 2009 @02:42AM (#765753)

That's only when the speed is much smaller than the speed of light (v << c). The one you are after is:

  E^2 = m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2

(Set momentum, p, to zero and divide everything by itself to get E = mc^2 again.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy–momentum_relation

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Re:What's Wrong With E=MC^2? by Anon84 on Saturday August 15, 2009 @09:11PM (#765447)

Or something like this, even http://www2.wolframalpha.com/Calculate/MSP/MSP20811972138108...

(From http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Series[%28m0*c^2%29%2FS...] )

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Re:What's Wrong With E=MC^2? by chrischen on Saturday August 15, 2009 @09:48PM (#765482)

It's so smart! http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=are+you+stupid%3F

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Re:What's Wrong With E=MC^2? by sciolistse on Saturday August 15, 2009 @10:07PM (#765498)

though i will say, i find this hilarious..

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+japan+/+(...)

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Re:What's Wrong With E=MC^2? by chrischen on Saturday August 15, 2009 @09:46PM (#765481)

holy expletive! Wolfram alpha can solve equations, show steps, and graph it? Wow I knew it could tell me the population of the world and stuff but didn't know it could do my math homework too. Screw maxima.

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