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Heat—A Matter of Motion

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Understanding Physics

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Further Reading

  • G. Holton, and S.G. Brush, Physics, The Human Adventure (Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000), Chapters 18–22.

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  • H.C. von Baeyer, Maxwell’s Demon: Why Warmth Disperses and Time Passes (New York: Random House, 1998). Softcover: Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: A History of Heat (New York: Modern Library, 1999).

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(2002). Heat—A Matter of Motion. In: Understanding Physics. Undergraduate Texts In Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21661-4_8

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