1. The concept of mass.
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Okun, Lev B.
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MASS measurement , *SPECIAL relativity (Physics) , *RELATIVITY (Physics) , *PHYSICS education , *PHYSICS , *HIGHER education - Abstract
Presents a discussion of the connection between mass and energy, considered by the author to be an elementary question in physics and of particular relevance to the teaching of physics to high school and college students. Two fundamental equations; E=mc2 as historical fact and an element of mass culture; Einstein's theories and papers of 1905 and 1906. INSET: Special relativity..
- Published
- 1989
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