(work in progress still revising & struggling from Chapter 15 of Einsteins Book).

. A dream of mine to analyze and state the missing steps in the derivation of the energy law. I derived Lorentz transformation, but didnt have time to type it.
Reference: Relativity: The Special and the General Theory. A. Einstein. Three Rivers Press, NY 1961)

Deriving E = mc2, where m = mass, c = speed of light E = energy Comes from E = mc2/Sqrt(1-(v2/c2)) Where v equals velocity, but less than C At rest, v = 0, then E = mc2 Where does the numerator come from: Kinetic Energy = mv2 Dr. Einstein wanted to find an universal law that defined Energy in a moving frames of reference & in a standing still frame of reference. Lets say, you drop a ball out of a train (moving frame of reference), you will see the ball drop straight down to the ground. However, someone watching the ball drop from across street will see the same event in a standing still frame of reference as a parabola. Energy = Potential Energy + Kinetic Energy Since in motion, the object has KE only. The object is limited by v = c. So he set the v = c. Thus, observation at the maximum speed. Where does the denominator come from? Lorentz transformation. Lorentz defined a way of defining position: x, y, z & time to go between a moving frame of reference & standing still frame of reference.

Einstein applied this transformation to Energy & mass. Position became mass & energy became time. Define x x position in a moving frame y y position in a moving frame z z position in a moving frame t time in a moving a frame v = velocity in a stand still frame Define x x position in a moving frame y y position in a moving frame z z position in a moving frame t time in a moving a frame x = (x vt) / Sqrt(1-(v2/c2)) y = y z = z t = ( t ( v/c2) x)/ Sqrt(1-(v2/c2)) Making assumptions: about position & time, one learns that a clock tick in the moving frame of reference is not the same as a clock tick in a standing still frame of reference. 1 second in a moving frame is 1/ Sqrt(1-(v2/c2)). Therefore, time tick is longer or slower in a standing still frame of reference. Length of an object is Sqrt(1-(v2/c2)) smaller in a standing still frame of reference. Time is mans invention. Time has different meaning in various frames of reference (moving versus not moving). Dr. Einstein took the Lorentz transformation for discovering position & time between moving frame of reference and standing still frame of reference and applied it to Energy & mass. Time served as a template for Energy. So, an energy of 1 Joule in a moving frame would be like time, 1/ Sqrt(1-(v2/c2)) Joules in a standing still frame of reference. If you replace 1 Joule with mc2(max Joules), then the equation: E = mc2/Sqrt(1-(v2/c2))