Re: What Flows?

[Jim Green <Jim.Green@Snow.edu>]

At 10:10 PM 9/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
> While I recognize this at the heart of what Jim and Leigh are arguing
> against, let me quote from College Physics by Serway & Faughn:
>
> "Heat (or thermal energy) is now defined as energy that is transferred
> between a system and its environment because of a temperature difference
> between them."

Rick, this is my main concern -- every text in the galaxy uses this
language.  It does not make it correect -- nor does it make it
understandable to students.  It just might mean that Serway and Faughn were
poorly taught when they were in college. 

It seems to me that it is OUR responsibility to stamp this language out.

Jim Green

I'm going to change my sig:

Heat does not flow.
Heat is not energy.