Re: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-09 Thread Terry Blanton
On 3/9/07, David Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Terry, I'm not in this thread. :-) Terry

Re: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-09 Thread Terry Blanton
OOps! Now I am. On 3/9/07, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/9/07, David Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Terry, I'm not in this thread. :-) Terry

RE: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-09 Thread Steven Vincent Johnson
Hello again, Dave, >> Nuclear fission, regardless of what isotope is involved, >> results in the unbinding of nuclei and hence should absorb >> energy and convert it to matter. This is not the case. > It is not the case because nuclei heavier than iron tend to > be inherently unstable. But I am n

RE: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-09 Thread David Thomson
Hi Terry, > IMHO, we will only succeed in tying ourselves into unsolvable knots similar to religious fanaticism if we insist there MUST exist an ABSOLUTE frame of reference. SR, would seem to suggest there ain't no such animal and never was - period. Ah, but that is the key. SR is not bas

RE: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-09 Thread Steven Vincent Johnson
Hi Dave, Aspects of SR have always intrigued me, perhaps for its Alice-in-Wunderland spatial analysis qualities. With that qualification in mind... ... > Another false prediction of SR is that it doesn't matter > which object is moving [at] what velocity, since it is believed > there is no fixe

RE: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-09 Thread David Thomson
Hi Steven, > OTOH it's my understanding that time dilation has been confirmed. Extremely brief half-life's of certain sub atomic particles that are speeding close to C have been detected to decay within a slowed down time period reference from our perspective. At least, that's my understanding. T

Re: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-08 Thread Harry Veeder
ther. In fact, there is no reference > frame that exhibits infinite mass increase. > > Dave I am not here to defend Einstein's relativism. In fact I even question Newton's and Galileo's relativism. Harry > > > > -Original Message- > From: Harry Vee

RE: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-08 Thread OrionWorks
Hello Dave, ... > Another false prediction of SR is that it doesn't matter which object is > moving what velocity, since it is believed there is no fixed reference > frame. Yet, when cosmic rays come streaming through the Earth, > the Earth's mass does not approach infinity, either. In fact, th

RE: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-08 Thread David Thomson
2007 4:20 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR. I scanned and uploaded a derivation of E = mc^2 which does not use the mathematical formalism of Special Relativity. Four pages from Max Born's book _Einstein's Theory of Relativity_ (about 1M): http://web.ncf.ca/eo200/derivation.html Harry

[Vo]: E=mc^2 without SR.

2007-03-08 Thread Harry Veeder
I scanned and uploaded a derivation of E = mc^2 which does not use the mathematical formalism of Special Relativity. Four pages from Max Born's book _Einstein's Theory of Relativity_ (about 1M): http://web.ncf.ca/eo200/derivation.html Harry