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E=mc2. Energy Equals Mass Times The Speed Of Light Squared. The Original Statement Is: If A Body Gives Off The Energy L In The Form Of Radiation, Its Mass Diminishes By L/c2. Ist Die Tragheit Eines Korpers Von Seinem Energieghalt Abhangig? 1905

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E=mc2. Energy Equals Mass

Albert Einstein

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E=mc2. Energy Equals Mass Times The Speed Of Light Squared. The Original Statement Is: If A Body Gives Off The Energy L In The Form Of Radiation, Its Mass Diminishes By L/c2. Ist Die Tragheit Eines Korpers Von Seinem Energieghalt Abhangig? 1905

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Learn From Yesterday, Live For Today.

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Every Thoughtful, Well-meaning And Conscientious Human Being Should Assume In Time Of Peace, The Solemn And Unconditional Obligation Not To Participate In Any War, For Any Reason Or To Lend Support Of Any Kind, Whether Direct Or Indirect.

We Scientists, Whose Tragic Destination Has Been To Help In Making The Methods Of Annihilation More Gruesome And More Effective, Must Consider It Our Solemn And Transcendent Duty To Do All In Our Power In Preventing These Weapons From Being Used For The Brutal Purpose For Which They Were Invented.

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Everything Is Energy And That’s All There Is To It.

All Conditions And All Circumstances In Our Lives Are A Result Of A Certain Level Of Thinking. If We Want To Change The Conditions And Circumstances, We Have To Change The Level Of Thinking That Is Responsible For It.

Be A Voice Not An Echo.

I Do Not Believe That A Moral Philosophy Can Ever Be Founded On A Scientific Basis. … The Valuation Of Life And All Its Nobler Expressions Can Only Come Out Of The Soul’s Yearning Toward Its Own Destiny. Every Attempt To Reduce Ethics To Scientific Formulas Must Fail. Of That I Am Perfectly Convinced.

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