The Equation E = mc² Viewed Through Systemic Functional Linguistics

Davies & Gribbin (1992: 143):

… when Einstein presented his special theory of relativity to the world in 1905, the entire concept of mass was transformed. With his famous equation E = mc², Einstein demonstrated that mass (m) is a form of energy (E); a particle such an electron can be viewed as a lump of concentrated energy.

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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, Einstein's equation identifies the amount of unfolding potential of a process by reference to the amount of mass of the medium through which a process unfolds.

In this view, a particle such as an electron is an instance of quantum potential that mediates a process whose potential to unfold is proportional to the mass of the instance.

That is, the concentrated energy of an electron is the 'unfold potential' of a process it can mediate.