EnglScience E=mc^2 Book Questions

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Questions and Answers to the questions from the script


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What is the book about?

E=mc2, the formula

What is NOT the topic of the book?

Not about Einstein, not a biography

Why is there a central section about WW2?

Equation had a large part in the race for a nuclear bomb.

What was Einstein's economic and family situation around 1900-1905?

He was poor. He was married with two children. They had to give the first child up to adoption. He worked as a clerk in the Bern patent office.

How well did Einstein do in his final physics university exams?

He got average to good results. He had a conflict with the professor.

Where did Einstein do his research?

In his office: He had a drawer with his notes. All the research was theoretical.

Where exactly did Einstein publish his ground-breaking formula?

German physics journal: Annalen der Physik.

What kind of apprenticeship did Michael Faraday make?

Bookbinder

How did he get in touch with Humphrey Davy?

He bound the lecture notes he took for Davy and gave the book to him

What was the relationship between Humphrey Davy and Michael Faraday like?

First, he gave him a job as a lab assistant and supported him, but later he was jealous of his success

How much formal education did Faraday have?

He had no formal education

What explains Faraday's ability to understand the connection between magnetism and electricity?

He believed in circles from his religion and had no training in Newtonian physics (forces depicted in straight lines)

What is this? And when was it built?

Electrical engine; summer of 1821

What does the Law of the Conservation of Energy mean?

In a closed system, the amount of energy stays unchanged.

What new energy source did Einstein discover and what effect does this have on the Law of the Conservation of Energy?

There is energy in mass itself. The amount of energy and mass is always the same.

When were most typographical symbols created?

Most of the main typographical symbols we use were in place by the end of the Middle Ages. Bibles of the fourteenth century often had text that looked much like telegrams

How did Einstein use the = symbol 'like a telescope'?

This is how Einstein used the " = " in his 1905 equation as well. The Victorians had thought they'd found all possible sources of energy there were: chemical energy, heat energy, magnetic energy, and the rest. But by 1905 Einstein could say, No, there is another place you can look where you'll find more. His equation was like a telescope to lead there, but the hiding place wasn't far away in outer space.

How is Lavoisier's character described?

Very disciplined administrative clerk, a romantic

What did Lavoisier discover when analysing the burning/rusting of metals?

It got heavier because rusting added oxygen to the iron

Which famous scientist had already developed a theory of mass and movement in the 1600s?

Isaac Newton

Which break-through physical law did Lavoisier discover though experimentation?

The law of the conservation of mass

Why was Lavoisier so unpopular during the French revolution?

Because he had worked for the French King, he had been responsible for building a wall around Paris

What was Einstein taught in the 1890s about mass and energy?

They are two separate domains. The law of conservation applies to each separately.

How did Einstein establish a link between the two domains?

By thinking about the speed of light

Who was the first scientist to try to measure the speed of light?

Galileo Galilei

How did Ole Roemer discover the speed of light?

He analysed the movement of the moons of Jupiter and realised that light from the moons took time to reach earth

What is the explanation given for the fact that Roemer discovered the speed of light?

He was outside the astronomy establishment in Copenhagen

How did Cassini react to Roemer's success?

He rejected Roemer's findings

How fast is the speed of light?

300'000 km/sec

In what ways were Faraday and Maxwell similar?

Similar personality

What is the inner property of light?

Electromagnetic waves in the visible spectrum

In what ways is light different from other movement?

It is the ultimate speed limit. It is a physical constant, that can't be surpassed.

Why is it impossible to catch up with the speed of light?

Because if you pour more energy into an object, it just gets heavier as it moves faster.

Why is -273° the coldest possible temperature?

It is complete stillness. You can't move less than not at all.

What happens to matter approaching the speed of light?

It increases in size.

'Energy does not stand alone, and neither does mass. But the sum of ______________ will always remain constant.' What is in the gap?

energy and mass

Why did nobody before Einstein notice the connection between mass and energy?

Because the effect is not noticeable in ordinary life.

Who was Voltaire?

French author of the 18th century

What was Emilie du Châtelet like?

Female scientist

What was the dispute between Leibniz and Newton about?

e=mv (Newton) or e=mv2 (Leibniz)?