Well, what I've learned so far:
10/24/06
1. Tachyons are hypothetical particles that naturally travel faster than the speed of light.
2. Light travels at a constant speed of about 186,282 miles per second and does not go any faster or slower, in any case.
3. While I walk across the room I have more mass that when I'm sitting still. (But only by a very small amount.)
10/25/06
4. Because mass increases as an object accelerates, the amount of energy required to continue to accelerate it increases too. This makes it impossible for any object with mass to reach the speed of light. Its mass would need to be infinite, but that would require infinite energy.
5. Light travels at the speed of light because photons (the quantum particle of light) have no mass. For an equation: M=m?? where M is the total mass of the object while it is at the speed of light (c), m? is its mass when it's not moving, and ? is infinity. If the object has no mass (like light) M=0?, therefore M=0.
10/26/06
6. Gravity moves at the speed of light.
7. Einstein's famous theory, E=mc² says that an object's energy, E, is equal to mc². (Its mass multiplied by the speed of light squared.) This implies that an object's mass and its energy are directly proportional.
10/24/06
1. Tachyons are hypothetical particles that naturally travel faster than the speed of light.
2. Light travels at a constant speed of about 186,282 miles per second and does not go any faster or slower, in any case.
3. While I walk across the room I have more mass that when I'm sitting still. (But only by a very small amount.)
10/25/06
4. Because mass increases as an object accelerates, the amount of energy required to continue to accelerate it increases too. This makes it impossible for any object with mass to reach the speed of light. Its mass would need to be infinite, but that would require infinite energy.
5. Light travels at the speed of light because photons (the quantum particle of light) have no mass. For an equation: M=m?? where M is the total mass of the object while it is at the speed of light (c), m? is its mass when it's not moving, and ? is infinity. If the object has no mass (like light) M=0?, therefore M=0.
10/26/06
6. Gravity moves at the speed of light.
7. Einstein's famous theory, E=mc² says that an object's energy, E, is equal to mc². (Its mass multiplied by the speed of light squared.) This implies that an object's mass and its energy are directly proportional.
posted by Osiris Stein at 12:58 PM
2 Comments:
Too smart!!! AHHH!!! Your smartness burns! *runs and hides*
Math! well kind of math. I ♥ math (sometimes)
That is going to be a difficult topic, at least it would be for me. What are you thinking of doing for your presentation?
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