Albert Einstein, world renowned genius and the mind behind the Theory of Special Relativity and the Photoelectric Effect, shook the earth to its very core and changed the world with his insights and revelations. Perhaps, the most famous instance of his revolutionary thought is in his equation, “E=mc^2”. The implications were staggering; a small, near insignificant amount of mass could be converted into an enormous amount of energy. However, while Einstein is generally credited for the equation, did this idea appear out thin air for him? The answer is none other than n, he did not come up with the components on his own, but rather showed how they are related to one another. The three components of the equation were contributed to the scientific world by others, yet their work is overshadowed by Einstein. One could make the argument, that without the works of Michael Faraday (and James Maxwell to an extent), Antoine Lavoisier, and Emilie du Chatelet, “E=mc^2” wouldn’t have been possible, and thus Einstein would have never procured it. Born in an era where science was only pursued by the …show more content…
Michael Faraday discovered the concept of electromagnetism and energy. With the help of Maxwell, Faraday also proved that light is an electromagnetic wave. Antoine Lavoisier proved that matter can be only changed, and Du Chatelet found that distance is related to the velocity squared. All the components were put together by Einstein, who finally saw the connection between matter and energy. When a mass is multiplied by the square of the speed of light, you obtain the energy within. With the two concepts now tied together, the Theory Special Relativity earned Einstein the title of “Father of Modern Physics”, and his equation would go on to produce many great things for the world if it was not for the scientific contributions of