| Author |
Message
|
| Vexer |
 Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Oliver Heaviside's "E=MC squared" |
 |
|
Forum Freshman
Joined: 13 Jun 2008
Posts: 43
|
According to Arthur C. Clarke, in Oliver Heaviside's "Electromagnetic Theory, Vol. 3, there appears a formula which functionally describes 'E' as being equal MC squared - only in less concise terms.
Clarke reckons Heaviside gets the jump on Einstein by many years.
a) Ever heard of this?
b) Any non-sneering informed topic-relevant comment? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
| serpicojr |
| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:30 am Post subject: |
|
|
Forum Professor
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
Posts: 1128
Location: JRZ
|
Try TeX! Just put the tex tags around E = mc^2 to get
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Janus |
| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:45 am Post subject: Re: Oliver Heaviside's "E=MC squared" |
|
|
Forum Junior
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
Posts: 254
|
| Vexer wrote: |
According to Arthur C. Clarke, in Oliver Heaviside's "Electromagnetic Theory, Vol. 3, there appears a formula which functionally describes 'E' as being equal MC squared - only in less concise terms.
Clarke reckons Heaviside gets the jump on Einstein by many years.
a) Ever heard of this?
b) Any non-sneering informed topic-relevant comment? |
Actually, I do believe that the formula was derived by others before Einstein. The problem was with the how they derived it. The assumptions made led to problems when dealing with different reference frames.
Where Einstein succeeded where others had failed was by deriving the formula in a manner that remained consistent in all frames.
_________________
"Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feelings for the strength of their argument.
The heated mind resents the chill touch & relentless scrutiny of logic"-W.E. Gladstone
Edit/Delete Message |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Vexer |
| Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Forum Freshman
Joined: 13 Jun 2008
Posts: 43
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
The Doctor
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 3316
Location: England, UK.
|
| serpicojr wrote: |
Try TeX! Just put the tex tags around E = mc^2 to get
|
Really?! Whats a TeX tag? Is it a program?
_________________
"Victory is in trying. Defeat is in not". - SVRDW. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
