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Article #5710Re: energy, mass, and all that
From: Mcirvin
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:12
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 02:12
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sichase@csa1.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) writes: >I am more convinced than I was before that this argument is more than a >matter of different definitions of mass. No matter which definition you >adhere to, you can't get the right physics by assuming that matter and >energy are not interconvertible in the way that Bondi seems to suggest. It looks to me like Bondi is just overreacting badly to the notion of relativistic mass. By saying that mass and energy are not interconvertible he just means that the mass of an object is not equal to the energy times c^2. He overstates the point, though, since there's nothing wrong with treating the mass as part of the energy. -- Matt McIrvin
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc8!mcirvin From: mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: energy, mass, and all that Message-ID: <mcirvin.722225568@husc8> Date: 20 Nov 92 02:12:48 GMT Article-I.D.: husc8.mcirvin.722225568 References: <13NOV199209344990@csa1.lbl.gov> <Nov.16.14.05.56.1992.18657@ruhets.rutgers.edu> <1992Nov17.144029.29898@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> <1992Nov19.145532.34225@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> <19NOV199211063691@csa1.lbl.gov> Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: husc8.harvard.edu