Re: How do we get something hot?

[herbgottlieb@juno.com]

 Leigh Palmer writes:
> Herb asked his class "What is heat?" The question is not the correct 
> one. The first meaning of heat should be as a verb, and this question 
> conceals that completely.

According to Webster's dictionary, heat is a noun with 14 different
meanings.   

 His second question, "How do we get something hot?" 
> Is much more to the point, but the puerile reaction he received should
> indicate that some thought must be exercised in formulating this 
> question.
 Your classification of the reaction that I received as "puerile" is
interesting. According to the dictionary the word puerile means,
childish, siill, immature, silly.  Actually the reaction that I received
from the class was none of these.  It reminded the class that there were
other meanings to the word heat that are usually unmentionable in a
formal classrom setting. 

Herb Gottlieb


> Leigh