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ERIC Number: EJ073696
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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Energy is Not the Ability to do Work
Lehrman, Robert L.
Physics Teacher, 11, 1, 15-18, Jan 73
The common definition is shown to be false. A modern definition must be based on the first and second laws of thermodynamics and in terms of a set of algebraic expressions written in such a way that their sum does not change when a system is isolated. (DF)
Descriptors: Energy, Force, Mechanics (Physics), Physics, Relativity, Resource Materials, Science Education, Science History, Scientific Principles, Thermodynamics
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