"When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter. ... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended ... thus the concept of particles cannot play a fundamental part, ... and can only appear as a limited region in space in which the field strength or energy density are particularly high."
(Albert Einstein, Metaphysics of Relativity, 1950)
"It is my firm belief that the last seven decades of the twentieth century will be characterized in history as the dark ages of theoretical physics. ... The quantum world is a world of waves, not particles."
(Carver Mead, Professor Emeritus at Caltech. Received $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize in 1999)
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gobayview
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 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:40 am Post subject: Matter/Energy: Educate Me |
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| As red and blue are just different wavelengths, why not the same for matter and energy? Talk about duality! |
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metatron
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Hi, gobayview
Also to Biological systems and consciousness its all wave based. |
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haselhurst
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Waves carry energy, thus the Wave Structure of Matter requires that matter and energy are equivalent.
Light, as a discrete standing wave interaction, explains discrete 'photon / particle' properties of light, but it is still a wave phenomena, so light carries energy too.
This is all explained on website, so not much point going over it here too much.
The more interesting thing is to explain why E=mcc. I assume because it is a spherical wave interaction, and relationship between separation of wave-centers and surface area if spherical wave is a squared relationship (surface area of sphere is related to square of radius).
Geoff
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