irishredfox

I've been told that as a particle reaches the speed of light, the energy of the particle adds to the mass of the particle. I thought this would be a good place to start asking my questions, so here it goes: Would this apply to large objects as well? Why does energy add to mass?

This essay is great. He's become one of my heroes. I can't help but think back to some of my art classes in high school. "OK, today we are going to learn about the Impressionist period, and we are going to learn the techniques that defined the style." They didn't sit me down and say "Let us do a hundred paintings so we can paint the exact same way." The teachers tried to show you others that had come before in order for you to develop your own style. And every formula and equation that has come to us came from creative thinkers. But we are not encouraged to study the work of Descartes, Gibbs, or Godel; instead we are just told what they came up with. It is a shame too, math isn't something you can just memorize, it's a puzzle with an answer that needs to be worked out.