Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics

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Energy and exercise

During a marathon, a typical runner transfers around 100 J during each foot strike with the ground, of which around 35 J is...

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Energy
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A fatal miscalculation

An important factor in the failure of Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the South Pole was an error in estimating the energy...

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Energy
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A brief history of temperature

It is recorded that both Philo of Byzantium and Hero of Alexandria carried out experiments using thermoscopes, tubes filled...

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Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students think of energy as synonymous with fuel

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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 attribute macroscopic properties like hot and cold, melting, or expanding to particles (or to atoms, molecules) when using a particulate model to explain thermal phenomena

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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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