Einstein

[richter915]

So Einstein is well known for his work in Physics but do you think he'd be lauded as such in our society had it not been for his help with creating the atomic bomb? Most of us know E=mc^2 but few know it's use and how it shuts down Newton. In fact, Newton should be spoken more highly of instead...in my opinion.

But I guess you can argue that not as many people know about Oppenheimer and he really headed the Manhattan Project...I dunno, what do you think?

[osunfg]

i think any idea or theory can be turned dangerous. his concepts of mass energy relations, relativity, and atomic physics revolutionized our understanding of how matter functions. even newtons laws of physics could be used in a harmful way. if one utilizes f = ma, it becomes possible to utilize a very powerful force in any way one wishes. i think discoveries are praiseworthy in their own, its just a matter of how they are applied.

[richter915]

i think any idea or theory can be turned dangerous. his concepts of mass energy relations, relativity, and atomic physics revolutionized our understanding of how matter functions. even newtons laws of physics could be used in a harmful way. if one utilizes f = ma, it becomes possible to utilize a very powerful force in any way one wishes. i think discoveries are praiseworthy in their own, its just a matter of how they are applied.
ya definitely but then again...no one will say that thanks to Newton, we can end a bloody war and become the world's greatest super power. the US did that with Einstein even though Einstein vehemently opposed the A-bomb...but I mean, people can easily comprehend F = ma...but to understand Einstein's theories is so much harder yet more people will know of it as opposed to Newton's theories which we as average people apply every day.

[monkeyboy14]

There has been a doco on Einstein and E=mc^2 and it was really interesting. It also covered important experiments and scientists who paved the way for Einstein and also furthered his work. For example, the scientists who pioneered the theory that mass is not created nor destroyed and the lady who split the atom. It also said that Newton established his first law as F= mv not F = ma.

[hXc_pwnage]

There has been a doco on Einstein and E=mc^2 and it was really interesting. It also covered important experiments and scientists who paved the way for Einstein and also furthered his work. For example, the scientists who pioneered the theory that mass is not created nor destroyed and the lady who split the atom. It also said that Newton established his first law as F= mv not F = ma.
What a retard.