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Name: Brenna
Status: student
Age: 10
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Date: 11/26/2004
Question:
What does the C in e=mc square stand for? I do not mean the speed of light, but the word that it is taken from.

Replies:
Dear Brenna,

Thanks for your question. Here is a web site to the best answer I could find for your question on the web:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/c.html

Regards,

Todd Clark, Office of Science
U.S. Department of Energy


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