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Explain the meaning of the equation 'e=mc2'
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The theoretical physics equation E = mc2 states a relationship between energy (E) and mass (m) first formulated by Albert Einstein in his 1905 paper "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?" ("Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", published in Annalen der Physik on September 27), one of the articles now known as his Annus Mirabilis Papers.
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E=MC2 is a theory that shows... I forgot, but written out it's that the energy of an object is equal to its mass times the constant, the speed of light through a vaccum, squared.
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