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100th Anniversary of E=mc^2

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the relatively-fun-and-exciting dept.

Starker_Kull writes "E=mc^2 was published as part of Einstein's theory of Special Relativity 100 years ago today." From the article: "In 1905, it was final proof of the genius and imagination of a young German-born scientist who had yet to land a university post. It seems so simple: three letters standing for energy, mass, and the speed of light, brought together with the tightness of a soundbite."

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  1. 100 years old? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'd think they'd have improved on it by now. Something along the lines of E=mc^3, or something like that.

  2. Maybe, just maybe, by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 4, Funny

    It only seems like a 100 years...

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  3. Remember corectly by Azmodie · · Score: 4, Funny

    if i remember corectly E = MC^2 stands for Enrgy = More Chocolate squares

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  4. Tip of the iceberg by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    1905 was the most productive year for any physicist since Isaac Newton's golden year of 1666. In 1905 not only did Einstein publish on Special Relativity, but also on Brownian Motion (thus finally providing irrefutable evidence of atoms) and laying grounding for the field of statistical mechanics, and the photoelectric effect (claiming the idea of the photon) and laying much of the foundation of quantum mechanics.