Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?

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"Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" is Albert Einstein’s 1905 paper that first articulated the mass–energy equivalence principle, commonly expressed as E = mc².

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"Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?"	1
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Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?	1

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instanceOf	physics paper ⓘ scientific paper ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content? ⓘ surface form: Einstein’s mass–energy equivalence paper
assumption	validity of special relativity postulates ⓘ
author	Albert Einstein ⓘ
authorOccupation	patent clerk in Bern at time of writing ⓘ
centralQuestion	whether inertia depends on energy content of a body ⓘ
citationForm	Einstein, A. (1905). Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig? ⓘ
conclusion	energy has inertia ⓘ loss of energy leads to loss of mass ⓘ
countryOfPublication	Germany ⓘ
dateWritten	1905 ⓘ
derivationContext	body emitting two light pulses in opposite directions ⓘ
derivesRelation	E = mc² for a body at rest ⓘ
era	20th-century physics ⓘ
famousFormula	E = mc² ⓘ
field	relativity ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first explicit articulation of mass–energy equivalence principle ⓘ
impact	foundation of modern physics concept of mass–energy equivalence ⓘ
influenced	cosmology ⓘ development of nuclear physics ⓘ development of particle physics ⓘ
journal	Annalen der Physik ⓘ
keyResult	inertia of a body depends on its energy content ⓘ mass is a measure of energy content ⓘ
languageFeature	non-technical, concise exposition ⓘ
mainConcept	mass–energy equivalence ⓘ
method	thought experiment with emission of light from a body ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
originalTitle	Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig? ⓘ
pageCount	few pages ⓘ
partOf	Einstein's annus mirabilis papers ⓘ surface form: Einstein’s 1905 annus mirabilis papers
publicationType	research article ⓘ short communication ⓘ
publicationYear	1905 ⓘ
publisher	Johann Ambrosius Barth (Annalen der Physik publisher) ⓘ
relatedConcept	conservation laws in relativity ⓘ relativistic mass ⓘ rest energy ⓘ
relatedWork	On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light ⓘ On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies ⓘ
topic	energy ⓘ inertia ⓘ mass ⓘ special relativity ⓘ
usesConcept	conservation of energy ⓘ conservation of momentum ⓘ

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