E=mc²

Ackerman's Take on Crease's Treatment of the Equation:

Web Resources:

The PBS program Nova produced an episode entitled "Einstein's Big Idea," the companion site is here.

 University of South Carolina self-paced astronomy course students use(d) this page.

Demonstrations of the Equation:

These files will open using Mathematica Player, a free program that can be downloaded here.

Three effects of special relativity are demonstrated:

Einstein's Box

Light Clocks and Time Dialation

The Amdromeda Paradox

Video:

Suggested Tasks:

Crease claims in the first section that Stephen Hawking followed the rule "each equation in a book halves the number of readers." What can you conclude about the readership of Crease's book if this is true?