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Critics maintain that such verification is impossible due to the utter lack of any logical justification for that science fiction formula.

Critics maintain that such verification is impossible due to the utter lack of any logical justification for that science fiction formula.

Since the experiment showed that mass could be converted directly into energy through [[nuclear transmutation]] it is generally seen as being an impressive verification of [[Albert Einstein]]'s famous ''[[E=mc2|E=mc²]]'' formula<ref>[http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/emc1.htm The Center for History of Physics: ''Einstein: Image and Impact], © 1996-2004 - American Institute of Physics</ref><ref>http://homepage.eircom.net/~louiseboylan/Pages/Cockroft_walton.htm</ref>.  

Since the experiment showed that mass could be converted directly into energy through [[nuclear transmutation]] it is generally seen as being an impressive verification of [[Albert Einstein]]'s famous ''[[E=mc2|E=mc²]]'' formula<ref>[http://www.aip.org/history/einstein/emc1.htm The Center for History of Physics: ''Einstein: Image and Impact], © 1996-2004 - American Institute of Physics</ref><ref>[http://homepage.eircom.net/~louiseboylan/Pages/Cockroft_walton.htm Louise Boylan:] ''Cockroft and Walton Experiment: Converting Mass into Energy''</ref>.