Energy, heat, work, internal energy, the laws of thermodynamics, and the kinetic theory of gases — from the microscopic motion of molecules to macroscopic engine efficiency.
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12 min readWhat is temperature, really? What causes the pressure a gas exerts on the walls of its container? For centuries these seemed like distinct, perhaps unanswerable questions. The kinetic theory of...
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11 min readEvery engine ever built, every metabolic reaction in your body, every star burning in the sky — all operate under one inviolable constraint: the first law of thermodynamics. It is, at its core,...
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10 min readAsk a physicist "what is energy?" and you'll often get a pause. Not because the question is trivial — quite the opposite. Energy is arguably the single most important concept in all of physics,...
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