Re: Einstein's Mistakes

Den 22.10.2024 22:45, skrev LaurenceClarkCrossen:

Paul Anderson: You seem to be assuming what you wish to conclude because
Heisenberg says this fission process is not a conversion of matter into
energy:
 "'The energy associated with the

splitting of the uranium nucleus has the same origins as in the case of
the [alpha-]decay of a radium nucleus, i.e. mainly from the
electrostatic repulsion of the two parts into which the atomic nucleus
is split. The energy released by an atomic explosion thus comes directly
from this source and does not derive from a conversion of mass into
energy.'- Heisenberg" - "Catalogue of Errors for Both Theories of
Relativity"

Heisenberg's statement shows that he knew E = mc².
An atom isn't spitted because some mass decides to convert
itself into energy. It is not the _cause_.
When an atom is spitted, the kinetic energy comes from
the repulsion of the protons, obviously.
But as a _consequence_, the mass of the constituents will
be less than the mass of of the atom before it was spitted
according to E = mc².
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If you heat a body with a bunsen burner, the body
will be hotter, it will contain more heat energy.
No energy is _converted_ into something else, the heat
energy is still energy (excited electrons).
As a _consequence_ the mass of the hot body will increase
according to m = E/c². Some of the mass _is_ energy.
E = mc² will always me fulfilled.
It is a fundamental law of nature.
And of course all the physicists at Los Alamos knew that.
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Paul
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