Ask for a scientific equation and most people will say "E=mc2." But few could say what this iconic series of symbols actually "means."
Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of 21st century science to unpack Einstein's famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light--while exploding commonly held misconceptions--they demonstrate how the very structure of Nature itself is contained within this equation.
Along the way, we visit the site of one of the largest scientific experiments ever conducted. Beneath the city of Geneva, physicists have constructed the now-famous Large Hadron Collider, a gigantic particle accelerator capable of recreating conditions fractions of a second after the Big Bang. From here, Cox and Forshaw observe the newest theories of the origins of mass in action, and share their extraordinary discoveries.
A collaboration between one of the youngest professors in the U.K., and a distinguished, popular physicist, "Why Does E=mc2?" promises to be one of the most exciting and accessible explanations of the theory of relativity in recent years.
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