sethnintendo said:
Take for instance e = mc^2 wtf am I supposed to do with that.... And how the fuck did he even come to the conclusion. Why not e = mc^3?
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2nd try short version:
e=mc^2 is not really math but physics. Its just a description of a fundamental relation in nature:
Energy is mass x lightspeed squared.
And thats what you can do with it:
You want to know how much power 1kg bacon has ? Here you go
m =1 kg
c= 300000000 m/s (lightspeed)^2= 90000000000000000
1kg x 90000000000000000 = 90000000000000000 Joule.
Thats about 21 Megatons if you could fire all the energy of 1kg bacon at once it would be like if you fired about 1400 Hiroshima Bombs at once. (its all just a rounded calculation because c is not exactly 300000000 m/s)
Math is just a language a tool that is all. Its just better qualified to describe the world then our usual language.
Why is it mc^2 and not mc^3:
How do you know that 1kg apples is 1kg and not 2kg ? You put it on a scale. But back then Einstein couldnt measure it so he took a close look at the world and because he was a genius he figured it all out with logical deduction/ intuition and math.
