All Things Einstein

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Question by LaJaqueeneisha: Albert Einstein believed in God, so why do so many people in this world not? Einstein was a Christian and believed in God here is a quote: “I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know his thoughts. The rest are details.” http://www.spaceandmotion.com/albert-einstein-god-religion-theology.htm How could people choose not to believe in God when so many Read the rest…

by Eric & Cynthia

Question by ♥⍟Simplistic beauty that those southerners have⍟♥: What does it mean to call Einstein’s work a theory? What does it mean to call Einstein’s work a theory? A. It has not been confirmed by observations. B. It has no basis in fact. C. It has been confirmed by many observations. Best answer:

Answer by Josh Alfred
B. doesn’t tell you what it means by fact. I would say C, although we aren’t perfectly sure that gravity causes the bending of some “space”. That’s why his general theory of relativity is not entirely a law, although all his other observations part of theory have been demonstrated.

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Question by bubba: Question about stable atoms given energy and mass equivalence as per Einstein? Take a stable Hydrogen atom for example. Is the energy of the electron plus it’s tiny mass equal to the mass/energy of the nucleus? Best answer:

Answer by odimwitdwon
No. Where did you get that WRONG idea? (Since you didn’t state the basis for your silly conclusion that the electron’s energy is equal to the nucleus’s, I can’t directly address your incorrect logic) the electron is about 1:1850 (if I recall) of the mass of the proton. A nucleus is made up of protons and generally, neutrons. THe electron is bound to the nucleus so it not only has mass-energy, it has potential energy (I’m not sure if it is considered to have kinetic energy when confined – I’d have to think about it) The proton is also bound to the electron (and in most nuclei bound to other nucleons) and has its own mass. The proton has at least 1800 times the energy of the electron – in an atom.

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