http://www.odeo.com/channels/13376-NOVA-E-mc2-PBS SueRussell no To celebrate the centennial of Einstein's E = mc2, NOVA asked 10 top physicists--two Nobel Prize winners among them--how they would describe the equation to curious non-physicists. Subscribe to our podcast to hear a different physics luminary each week. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. This podcast was produced by Lexi Krock and David Levin. To celebrate the centennial of Einstein's E = mc2, NOVA asked 10 top physicists--two Nobel Prize winners among them--how they would describe the equation to curious non-physicists. Subscribe to our podcast to hear a different physics luminary each week. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. This podcast was produced by Lexi Krock and David Levin. E = mc2 Explained en-us 40 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:00:00 -0700 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:00:00 -0700 Science http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18437243-NOVA-E-mc2-Frank-Wilczek tag:odeo.com,2005-10-11,18437243 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/299706-NOVA-E-mc2-Frank-Wilczek tag:odeo.com,2005-10-11,299706 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026577-NOVA-E-mc2-Frank-Wilczek Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." tag:odeo.com,2005-10-11,22026577 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222962-NOVA-E-mc2-Frank-Wilczek Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." tag:odeo.com,2005-10-11,22222962 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188919-NOVA-E-mc2-Frank-Wilczek Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." Frank Wilczek, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, MIT: "Ninety-five percent of the mass of matter as we know it comes from energy." tag:odeo.com,2005-10-11,24188919 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18437193-NOVA-E-mc2-Lene-Hau tag:odeo.com,2005-10-07,18437193 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/288487-NOVA-E-mc2-Lene-Hau tag:odeo.com,2005-10-07,288487 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026580-NOVA-E-mc2-Lene-Hau Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." tag:odeo.com,2005-10-07,22026580 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222963-NOVA-E-mc2-Lene-Hau Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." tag:odeo.com,2005-10-07,22222963 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188921-NOVA-E-mc2-Lene-Hau Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." Lene Hau, Experimental Physicist, Harvard University: "You can get access to parts of nature you have never been able to get access to before." tag:odeo.com,2005-10-07,24188921 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/271997-NOVA-E-mc2-Michio-Kaku tag:odeo.com,2005-09-30,271997 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18437053-NOVA-E-mc2-Michio-Kaku tag:odeo.com,2005-09-30,18437053 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026583-NOVA-E-mc2-Michio-Kaku Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-30,22026583 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222964-NOVA-E-mc2-Michio-Kaku Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-30,22222964 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188922-NOVA-E-mc2-Michio-Kaku Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, City University of New York: "E = mc2 is the secret of the stars." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-30,24188922 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18436953-NOVA-E-mc2-Neil-deGrasse-Tyson tag:odeo.com,2005-09-23,18436953 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/255088-NOVA-E-mc2-Neil-deGrasse-Tyson tag:odeo.com,2005-09-23,255088 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026591-NOVA-E-mc2-Neil-deGrasse-Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-23,22026591 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222965-NOVA-E-mc2-Neil-deGrasse-Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-23,22222965 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188923-NOVA-E-mc2-Neil-deGrasse-Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History: "It's something that doesn't happen in your kitchen or in everyday life." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-23,24188923 Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18436903-NOVA-E-mc2-Tim-Halpin-Healy tag:odeo.com,2005-09-16,18436903 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/237555-NOVA-E-mc2-Tim-Halpin-Healy tag:odeo.com,2005-09-16,237555 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026596-NOVA-E-mc2-Tim-Halpin-Healy Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" tag:odeo.com,2005-09-16,22026596 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222966-NOVA-E-mc2-Tim-Halpin-Healy Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" tag:odeo.com,2005-09-16,22222966 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188924-NOVA-E-mc2-Tim-Halpin-Healy Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" Tim Halpin-Healy, Theoretical Physicist, Barnard College, Columbia University: "Moving clocks run slow, moving meter sticks are shortened -- how does that happen?" tag:odeo.com,2005-09-16,24188924 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/222003-NOVA-E-mc2-Alan-Guth tag:odeo.com,2005-09-09,222003 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18436833-NOVA-E-mc2-Alan-Guth tag:odeo.com,2005-09-09,18436833 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026600-NOVA-E-mc2-Alan-Guth Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-09,22026600 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222967-NOVA-E-mc2-Alan-Guth Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-09,22222967 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188925-NOVA-E-mc2-Alan-Guth Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." Alan Guth, Theoretical Physicist, MIT: "It's easiest to explain by how things looked from the point of view of Newton." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-09,24188925 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/222002-NOVA-E-mc2-Nima-Arkani-Hamed tag:odeo.com,2005-09-02,222002 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18436763-NOVA-E-mc2-Nima-Arkani-Hamed tag:odeo.com,2005-09-02,18436763 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/209466-NOVA-E-mc2-Nima-Arkani-Hamed tag:odeo.com,2005-09-02,209466 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026603-NOVA-E-mc2-Nima-Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-02,22026603 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222968-NOVA-E-mc2-Nima-Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-02,22222968 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188927-NOVA-E-mc2-Nima-Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." Nima Arkani-Hamed, Theoretical Physicist, Harvard University: "Things that seem incredibly different can really be manifestations of the same underlying phenomena." tag:odeo.com,2005-09-02,24188927 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/222001-NOVA-E-mc2-Sheldon-Glashow tag:odeo.com,2005-08-26,222001 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18436683-NOVA-E-mc2-Sheldon-Glashow tag:odeo.com,2005-08-26,18436683 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188928-NOVA-E-mc2-Sheldon-Glashow Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." tag:odeo.com,2005-08-26,24188928 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026608-NOVA-E-mc2-Sheldon-Glashow Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." tag:odeo.com,2005-08-26,22026608 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/183927-NOVA-E-mc2-Sheldon-Glashow tag:odeo.com,2005-08-26,183927 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222969-NOVA-E-mc2-Sheldon-Glashow Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." Sheldon Glashow, Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate, Boston University: "When an object emits light, say, a flashlight, it gets lighter." tag:odeo.com,2005-08-26,22222969 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/222000-NOVA-E-mc2-Janet-Conrad tag:odeo.com,2005-08-19,222000 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18436603-NOVA-E-mc2-Janet-Conrad tag:odeo.com,2005-08-19,18436603 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24188929-NOVA-E-mc2-Janet-Conrad Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." tag:odeo.com,2005-08-19,24188929 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22026612-NOVA-E-mc2-Janet-Conrad Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." tag:odeo.com,2005-08-19,22026612 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22222970-NOVA-E-mc2-Janet-Conrad Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." Janet Conrad, Experimental Physicist, Columbia University: "For me there's a lot more to the equation than E = mc2." tag:odeo.com,2005-08-19,22222970 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/165343-NOVA-E-mc2-Janet-Conrad tag:odeo.com,2005-08-19,165343 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 06:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/18436113-NOVA-E-mc2-Brian-Greene tag:odeo.com,2005-08-12,18436113 Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS http://www.odeo.com/episodes/221999-NOVA-E-mc2-Brian-Greene tag:odeo.com,2005-08-12,221999 Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:00:00 -0700 no NOVA E = mc2 | PBS