Quote: a body which absorbs energy E_0 without changing velocity has the same energy as a body of mass m+E_0/c^2; hence the inertial mass of a system is equivalent to an energy of mc^2

Quotation Skeleton

A body moving with velocity v, which absorbs … in the process, has, as a consequence its … Thus the body has the same energy as … body takes up an amount of energy E_0, … not a constant, but varies according to the … even be regarded as a measure of its … we see that the term mc^2 … is nothing else than the energy possessed by … [footnote: "As judged from a coordinate system moving with the body"] before it absorbed the energy E_0.   Google-1   Google-2

Copyright clearance needed for quotation.

Related Topics

Topic: general relativity (47 items)