Endnotes
Note 7: Relativistic Mass
- Quote: A second viewpoint is that m means relativistic mass, while E refers to a corresponding relative notion of energy. (I’ll describe these versions of energy in the next chapter.) Although theoreticians in particle physics almost never use the second interpretation, . . .
- Endnote: This is because the definition of relativistic mass is somewhat inconsistent and ambiguous, a point driven home relentlessly by the physicist Lev Okun.
- Discussion
