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Romer claims that heat should not be used as a noun. While I agree
with the spirit of using the word heat correctly, I disagree that heat
is not a noun. Heat is indeed a noun, but it is the name of a process,
not the name of what is transferred.
Heat as it is used since Carnot is not correctly used as a noun.
Heating may be, but heat is not a substance, not a fluid, it doesn't
flow; in the expression W+Q=dE, Q is WORK. Why can't physics teachers
learn not to teach as does Bill Nye the so called Science Guy. That
is what confuses students!
J M Green
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