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So it is in our time. The whole idea of "heat" is as dead as
phlogiston. "Heat" needs to be replaced by two ideas, namely
energy and entropy. Trying to quantify the "heat" is a fool's
errand. Don't do it. Quantify the energy and entropy instead.
BTW this is one more nail in the coffin, as if any were needed,
demonstrating that you can't believe what you read in the PER
literature. I'm referring to the holy wars over how "heat"
supposedly "must" be defined ... plus long, detailed disquisitions
on how to explain irreversibility in terms of energy, et cetera.
People who have some understanding of the actual subject matter
hold their noses and run away screaming.