E=mc² is based on Professor Jeff Forshaw's groundbreaking book of the same name, written with Professor Brian Cox, presenter of the BBC series Wonders of the Solar System.
Professor Forshaw will showcase an illuminating journey to the frontier of 21st century science to consider the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein’s most famous equation, E=mc².
Breaking down the symbols themselves, the equation presents us with a series of questions: What is energy? What is mass? What has the speed of light got to do with energy and mass?
Answering this question is at the heart of the investigation as it demonstrates how, in order to truly understand why E=mc², we first must understand why we must move forward in time and not backwards - and how objects in our 3-dimensional world actually move in 4-dimensional space-time: in other words, how the very fabric of our world is constructed.
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The research of Professor Jeff Forshaw
Professor Jeff Forshaw’s research interests include the phenomenology of elementary particle physics - figuring out what the data from the world's particle physics experiments are telling us about the fundamental constituents of matter and their interactions with each other. His particular interest is in the physics of the Standard Model and Beyond. He is also very interested in high energy scattering in QCD and the physics of diffraction.
