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Tangentially related remark: There are other
topics, not just "heat", where silly ideas are
foisted on kids in high-school physics class.
Another example that leaps to mind is centrifugal
force. There seems to be a cabal of high-school
textbook writers who say "there is no such thing
as centrifugal force". Give me a break! Most
kids know quite well that centrifugal force exists;
they learn this first-hand before they get to
kindergarten, based on their experience with
playground merry-go-rounds.
http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/how/htm/motion.html#sec-centrifuge