I might just be stupid because math is not my strong suit, but it seems like the fact that metric units are able to convert between mass and energy so cleanly is astounding. Especially since the metric system was invented so long before relativity, meaning these units were obviously not designed with this in mind.
What’s am I missing here? Is it possible to write an equivalent equation for imperial units?
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The equations of basic physics do too, to almost a freaky extent.
There has been some fudging though, making units intentionally that would align.
And sometimes they had to throw some numerical constant in there to make equations of state work, Gas constant, Planks constant, etc.
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