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Was Einstein inconsistent between his theories of Special and General Relativity?
In the theory of Special Relativity we learn that energy and mass are interchangeable E = mc^2.
In the theory of General Relativity we learn that because of Einstein's equivalence principle (EEP) the mass of a particle is invariant. When a uranium atom undergoes fission, the energy released is only the energy of the system, bound up in the atom, that is being re-allocated; the masses of all the constituent particles making up the atom remain invariant.
Are these two theories therefore mutually contradictory?
In the theory of Special Relativity we learn that energy and mass are interchangeable E = mc^2.
In the theory of General Relativity we learn that because of Einstein's equivalence principle (EEP) the mass of a particle is invariant. When a uranium atom undergoes fission, the energy released is only the energy of the system, bound up in the atom, that is being re-allocated; the masses of all the constituent particles making up the atom remain invariant.
Are these two theories therefore mutually contradictory?