What Everyone Gets Wrong About E=mc²

E=mc² is probably the most famous equation ever, and it's repeatedly misunderstood. It's not even the whole equation! Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-emc Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid - Producer ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Stern-Gerlach Experiment: https://youtu.be/y7tEacBelmk ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS PBS Space Time on E=mc²: https://youtu.be/Xo232kyTsO0 Minute Physics on E=mc²: https://youtu.be/hW7DW9NIO9M ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join Sign-Up for Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/scienceasylum Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): https://www.scienceasylum.com/paperback Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://www.scienceasylum.com/ebook Merchandise: https://www.scienceasylum.com/store ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Joe K. Kim Asylum Orderlies: Chloë Joan López, Dhruv Singhal, James Smith, Joel Wolhendler, Medec Hurtz, Peter Engrav Einsteinium Crazies: A.C. S., Benjamin Sharef, Dan Sullivan, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, Matias Cveczilberg, Sheila Owen, William Hutchison Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Rick Myers, Vid Icarus Platinum Crazies: Christopher Bennett, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Ishay Oz, Jonathan Reel, Li-Ce Hu, Marino Hernandez, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Ulrich ________________________________ SOURCES Einstein's Papers: https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/ https://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/ Minkowski's Papers: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:The_Fundamental_Equations_for_Electromagnetic_Processes_in_Moving_Bodies https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Space_and_Time_(Prasad) https://mathweb.ucsd.edu/~b3tran/cgm/Minkowski_SpaceAndTime_1909.pdf ________________________________ IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS Portraits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_patentoffice_full.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hermann_Minkowski_Portrait.jpg ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Intro 00:42 What is "Mass"? 01:00 Einstein Version 02:05 Rest Energy 02:35 E=mc² True Meaning 03:24 Minkowski Version 04:44 Careful with the Language 06:32 Both made-up and real 07:49 Equations vs Reality 08:48 Support the Channel 09:28 Featured Comments