Which Physical Quantity Deserves the Name “Quantity of Heat”?

“What is heat?” was the title of a 1954 article by Freeman J. Dyson, published in Scientific American. Apparently, it was appropriate to ask this question at that time. The answer is given in the very first sentence of the article: heat is disordered energy. We will ask the same question again, but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Friedrich Herrmann, Michael Pohlig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/8/1078