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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: Einstein and the Pursuit of Happiness
Description: E=MC2
What does that well known equation mean? Not in the mathematical sense. Not in the physical sense... what does it... you know... mean?
For much of my life, I saw it as the key that unlocked certain forms of energy, for both good and bad. But there came a moment, reading a book at lunch, when it was like the figurative light bulb went on for me. The implications of the equation along with the scientific theory it supports were laid before me with the wonder of a young boy looking for the fi...