How do I calculate the energy-mass relationship?

Subject: How do I calculate the energy-mass relationship?

Date: Thu Apr 20 21:06:35 2000
Posted by Harold Berman
Grade level: School: Left school 64 years ago
City: Sydney State/Province: NSW Country: Australia
Area of science: Physics
ID: 956282795.Ph

Message:


Everyone these days seems to know that E=mc^2, but how is this 
relationship established? Some years ago I saw a mathematical
derivation which I could follow (no calculus) but I can't remember
the details or where I saw it. Can its derivation be explained to
me using only High School maths?

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