Modern Physics In Five Easy Verses Lyrics - Bruce Lesnick

Galileo turned his thoughtful gaze up to the stars, 

He saw the moons of Jupiter, saw sunspots, and saw Mars 

The Church said from this heresy, the people must be spared 

But as they prayed, the ground was laid For E=mc squared. 

Newton's laws of motion sure helped physics knowledge soar 

He then invented calculus, so students won't be bored 

His laws persisted regally for several hundred years 

'Til one upstart young patent clerk threw a wrench into the gears 

E=mc squared, my boys 

E=mc squared 

The boldest declaration anybody ever dared 

No matter what we've done, 

The world could never be prepared 

For the man who helped us understand 

That E=mc squared 

Maxwell showed how light is waves that propogate through space 

A substance known as ether was said to permeate the place 

Michaelson and Morley showed the ether wasn't there 

Einstein showed that space and time are joined up everywhere 

E=mc squared, my boys 

E=mc squared 

The boldest declaration anybody ever dared 

No matter what we've done, 

The world could never be prepared 

For the man who helped us understand 

That E=mc squared 

Schrödinger's equation showed that particles are waves 

To a certain probability, that's how we all behave 

But Heisenberg's reality is even more obscure 

Where you are and where you're going, you cannot know for sure 

E=mc squared, my boys 

E=mc squared 

The boldest declaration anybody ever dared 

No matter what we've done, 

The world could never be prepared 

For the man who helped us understand 

That E=mc squared 

You're rushing and you're daydreaming and you drive right through a light 

When the policeman pulls you over don't put up a fight 

just quote him relativity and he'll know what you mean 

At .2 times the speed of light, a red light looks bright green 

E=mc squared, my boys 

E=mc squared 

The boldest declaration anybody ever dared 

No matter what we've done, 

The world could never be prepared 

For the man who helped us understand 

That E=mc squared 

E=mc squared, my boys 

E=mc squared 

The boldest declaration anybody ever dared 

No matter what we've done, 

The world could never be prepared 

For the man who helped us understand 

That E=mc squared