Re: Nobel Prize for David Thomson?!

From: Bjoern Feuerbacher (feuerbac_at_thphys.uni-heidelberg.de)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:41:01 +0100

David Thomson wrote:
> "Bjoern Feuerbacher" <feuerbac@thphys.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote in message
> news:crgh8c$4no$1@news.urz.uni-heidelberg.de...
>
>>>Even still, E cannot be the unit of energy
>>
>>What on earth do you mean with this sentence? No one ever
>>said that E *is* the unit of energy! 1 Joule is the unit of
>>energy; E is simply the symbol used for energy in equations!
>
>
> Do you know what the difference is between an equation and an expression?

Yes. What has that to do with my point above?

> I fully agree with you if you're saying that E is merely a symbol.

I meant that E is a symbol used for energy in equations.

> Because if E is merely a symbol, then E=mc^2 is not an equation.

How on earth does that follow?

> There is no equality.

And that?

> All there is is an expression of mc^2.

E = m c^2 is an equation saying that the expression m c^2
is an energy.

> That's what I've been saying all along.

Sorry, you still seem to use standard words with rather
strange meanings.

> Everybody talks about E=mc^2 as though it were a real equation.
> It's not.

It is.

> There is no equality between the two sides.

There is.

> Now, if there is no equation, there is no way to make energy equal to mass.

You seem to be deeply confused about the relationship between
mathematical equations describing the world and the world
itself.

> E is just a symbol, it is not the unit of energy, just as you state.

Who has ever stated that E is the unit of energy, and why
is that relevant?

Bye,
Bjoern

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