From: Robert Comer 

>Yes it does. The theory of e=mc2 is that mass can be converted to energy,
>and the equation predicts that a small amount of mass can be converted
>into an extremely large amount of energy.

Yes, it describes how much energy can be released when converting mass to
energy, but that in no way describes a nuclear explosion. (at least any
more than something like TNT exploding.)

E=MC2 is for perfect exchanges, and nukes don't come anywhere near that,
not does it describe how to do the conversion.

>That was just a theory until the first nuclear explosion.

Nuclear explosions prove nothing about E=MC2, it's just another datapoint.

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Bob Comer



On Sun, 06 May 2007 11:21:20 +1000, John Beckett
 wrote:

>Robert Comer  wrote in message
>news::
>> E=MC2 doesn't have anything to do with Nukes.
>
>Yes it does. The theory of e=mc2 is that mass can be converted to energy,
>and the equation predicts that a small amount of mass can be converted
>into an extremely large amount of energy.
>
>That was just a theory until the first nuclear explosion.
>
>John

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