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ERIC Number: EJ288641
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Energy Is the Capacity to Do Work -- Or Is It?
Hicks, Nancy
Physics Teacher, v21 n8 p529-30 Nov 1983
Discusses the definition of energy found in many high school and college level physics texts, the conflict of that definition with the second law of thermodynamics, and the relation to the concept of the conservation of energy. Suggests not using a definition of energy and provides some alternative strategies. (JM)
Descriptors: College Science, Conservation (Concept), Definitions, Energy, High Schools, Higher Education, Physics, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science, Textbooks, Thermodynamics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Energy Education