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F=ma was originally a=F/m. Although the former seemed more useful at the time the latter nowadays is more intuitive. The bomb shaped culture and physics, sure,
by tinalumfoil 9y ago
F=ma was originally a=F/m. Although the former seemed more useful at the time the latter nowadays is more intuitive.
The bomb shaped culture and physics, sure, but rewriting equations into more useful and intuitive forms isn't a new or uncommon phenomenon.
- bykovich2 9y agoYeah, I think it's inherently more striking to think about mass "becoming" energy, or the "energy content" of mass, than about the converse. Imagining energy "condensing" into mass is wild, but we spend a lot more time around mass qua mass than around pure energy.