What unique property of light, makes it the conversion factor between energy and mass? It has to be more than a coincidence that the speed of light, just happens to be the correct number number to convert mass to energy
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1possible duplicate of What was Albert Einstein's proof for $E=mc^2$? – ACuriousMind Nov 24 '14 at 12:58
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1The coincidence is just that light quantum, photon, has zero mass, thus it travels with highest possible speed. – Ruslan Nov 24 '14 at 13:28