Energy
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A brief history of temperature

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How many people does it take to build a pyramid?

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Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students see energy as an ‘intangible fluid’ that flows from one place or object to another during a process

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students associate ‘energy’ with humans and other living things

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

The vast majority of students’ alternative ideas about energy could be classified into seven alternative frameworks

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Energy
appears in the relation ΔEΔt>ℏ/2 ΔQ=mcΔθ E=hf E ∝ A^2
has the special case Photon Energy
is used in analyses relating to Emission/Absorption Spectra Phase Change
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