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The Riddle of E=mc2 By John N. Hait Lesson 11
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Einstein found that mass (material things like coconuts and puppies) are made of energy. In fact, mass and energy are made out of the same stuff, for those are just two different ways of describing the same thing. Thus in his famous formula, Einstein equated energy to mass. So, now we can weigh something and then calculate how much energy it has in it. One kilogram of gold has the same mass, and thus the same amount of energy as a kilo of feathers or a kilo of beer. Considering that only a tiny fraction of the energy in a couple of kilo of uranium is converted into radiant energy in an atomic bomb, so the amount of energy in you yourself must be tremendous… even though, by evening time, it doesn't seem like it. This internal energy in things is constantly moving at c, the speed of light. That's just a fuzz less than 300 million meters per second, which is about 7¼ times around the Earth in one second. Thus, c2 is a gigantic number, 90 x 1015. That's 90 with 15 zeros behind it! Since his formula has been verified many times over, wouldn't it be nice to discover the mechanism that causes it to work? All energy is resonant. It oscillates like a pendulum, or a kid on a swing. Back and forth, up and down… tick-tock, tick-tock. Energy always moves, and it always moves in some form of resonance. Light resonates in a straight line, atoms resonate in a ball. Even the binding shells around 'round' atoms that make up objects that are not round, like tea cups and kittens, resonate. Like the child's swing, all energy sloshes back and forth between two states, potential energy and kinetic energy. The total energy in a simple resonant system is constant, kinetic + potential. When the kid on the swing is at her highest point, the potential energy is at max, and the kinetic energy is at zero. That is, she momentarily stops and starts going the other way. At the lowest level, it is reversed… potential is at zero and kinetic is at max. That is, she is going as fast as she can. Potential energy is like stored energy waiting to be used, while kinetic energy is the energy of motion. By rolling wheels and balls down hill, it was determined by experiment back in Newton's time, that the formula for the kinetic energy of motion is E=½mv2. Where, E = energy, m = the moving mass, and v = the velocity it's moving at. In the case of a resonant system, this is not an instantaneous value, but an average over a complete cycle. During the cycle, (neglecting friction) the total energy remains the same. It includes both the average kinetic energy plus the average potential energy, which are equal. We know they are equal, because at the top, all of the resonant energy is potential and at the bottom all of the energy is kinetic. Logically, they must be equal when we consider the average figures.
Consequently, the total resonant energy must be twice as much as either one. So for our purposes, we can simply double the kinetic formula for, However, the average velocity of this atomic energy, just as it is in light and gravity, equals the speed of light. Thus, v = c, making the resulting formula for the total internal energy: E=mc2. Simple huh! So you see, "The Resonant Field Theory" simplifies "everything" by providing an intuitive understanding of the universe. In our next lessons we will answer the next riddle: What makes things move? If you throw a ball, why does it keep moving, ala, Newton's law? When you smack a golf ball, it takes energy from the golf club in order to make it fly. So, what does that energy do to the golf ball? Following that, we will learn how gravity moves things without exchanging energy, and how to make antigravity! Now that's exciting, isn't it! You can learn more about resonant fields by reading the easy-to-understand e-book, "Resonant Fields: the Fundamental Mechanism of Physics" available form the Lesson Index Page. To ask questions, catch up on previous lessons, and get further information go back to the Lesson Index Page. To return to the Lesson Index Page, just close this window. © 2004 by CoolScience, all rights reserved |