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"Carl E. Mungan" requested:
Maybe it would help to cite a specific example (that involves actual
numerical calculations not just concepts) that can be done using your
favorite method x but not using conventional textbook methods. Do you
have such an example?
So I wrote:
What about the Rumford experiment, for example? If
you want it to be numerical (as well as conceptual),
False because:
The change in kinetic energy is not equal to the W defined
above. Not even close. Assume some of (probably most of)
the thermal energy is in the form of thermal phonons. For
a phonon, half the energy is kinetic and half is potential.
It's just a harmonic oscillator, after all.
Step 2. LOOK IN CONSERVATION OF ENERGY CHAPTER
Apply delta(E) = 0 assuming an isolated block+table system => 0 =