William, Actually E=mc^2 is PART of Einstein's theory of Special Relativity, not something separate from it...
Edgar On May 5, 2013, at 11:38 PM, William Rintala wrote: > I'd like to weigh in here. The question is way too nebulous to answer and is > fraught with many linguistic landmines. I am certain that Adolph and Osama > and > Jeffrey Dahmer's mothers all raised good children. Einstein's greatest > achievement wasn't his work on Relativity where he postulated that events > viewed > from different planes of reference appeared to obey different laws of > physics. > His greatest acheivement was his mathematical proof that matter and energy > were > the same. E=MC^2. He also did work on the photovoltaic effect and I think > that > it was what one hime his Nobel Prize. He devoted his later life to working > on a > Unified Field Theorem which I believe he never finished. So which is the > greater task raising Jeffry Dahmer or ending the War with Japan? > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bill! <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, May 5, 2013 7:53:37 PM > Subject: [Zen] Re: blame game > > > Edgar, > > Merle asked a brilliant question in her post below. I'd like to hear your > answer. The question was: > > "...and the point to make here is: what is the greater task: raising the good > child or figuring out relativity?" > > What say you? > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: >> >> >> >>  joe and edgar.. >> >> he was too busy inside his head..and some circles say he was with autism >> spectrum.. >> >> leave the everyday work to wifey...who by the way was a scientist in her own >> right till she met up with einstein.. >> >> as all wifey's they ended up carrying the baby, tending to baby, tending to >> the >> everyday whist the smart hubby does his thingi... >> >> not so with madame curie though... >> >> you have to be a strong woman to stand up to the male chauvinist pig..and >> that >> was einstein. >> >>  and the point to make here is: what is the greater task: raising the good >> child or figuring out relativity? >> >>  the point we can make here is einstein need not have married...made misery >> for the wifey.. >> >> did he think before he leapt and began breeding? >> >> >> merle....  >>  >> >> >>  >> Edgar, >> >> Poor slob didn't or couldn't take care of himself. True statement. >> >> --Joe >> >>> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: >>> >>> Merle, >>> >>> Joe said Einstein was a jerk because he didn't comb his hair! >>> >>> Is that Zen? >>> >>> Edgar >> > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
