Revealing the mechanism behind mass-energy equation

Mechanism-Revealed Physics (2/40) ------ By Bingcheng Zhao

Revealing the mechanism behind the famous mass-energy equation: the newly discovered law of object’s mass doing work (P. 93 ~ 109, Ch.1A, reference #1) reveals the mechanism behind the greatest equation (i.e., mass-energy equation, which is E = mc^2 or E0 = mc^2) in the history of science is that: the rest energy of an object, being the total energy contained in the rest mass of the object, is equal to the maximum ability of the object’s mass doing positive work (P. 114 ~ 118, 1.6, Ch.1B, reference #1). The newly established equation that reveals mechanism behind mass-energy equation is on P. 115 as Eq (1-10) (Ch.1B, reference #1).

The fundamental significance of revealing the mechanism of mass-energy equation: the discovery of the mechanism behind the greatest equation in science ultimately solves the fundamentally important problem of why mass possesses energy, thus terminates the history of unable to know why to the greatest equation. Revealing the mechanism behind mass-energy equation is also essentially helpful to mechanistically understanding of the fundamental relation between mass and energy.

The key to understanding of the mechanism behind mass-energy equation: (1) the scientifically valid evidence proving that mass possesses energy is to prove that mass has the ability to do work, whereas the mechanism behind mass-energy equation reveals and quantifies the concept and essence of mass doing work. (2) Thinking over the two concepts together: mass has energy and mass has the ability of doing work. (3) Contemplating conversely if necessary: if mass did not have the ability to do work, it would be scientifically groundless to say that mass contains energy.

The great application of revealing the mechanism behind mass-energy equation: revealing the mechanism behind mass-energy equation is substantially helpful to understanding of the fundamentally new concept that develops energy by releasing the ability of mass doing work, plus that this energy capacity is enormously large (P. 912, 10.3.1, Ch.10, reference #2).


Reference #1: 2009, Bingcheng Zhao, From Postulate-Based Modern Physics to Mechanism-Revealed Physics [Vol. 1(1/2)], ISBN: 978-1-4357-4913-9.
Reference #2: 2009, Bingcheng Zhao, From Postulate-Based Modern Physics to Mechanism-Revealed Physics [Vol. 2(2/2)], ISBN: 978-1-4357-5033-3.

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