Heat

heat is a byproduct of entropy, the left-over energy from the work of all the forces at play in a given process.-- David Harley Prince, 2021.Facebook.com.
L et 's begin this chapter with two basic concepts ofthermodynam ics: heat and temperature. Can these concepts be understood on the basis of a reductionist view of the mechanics of matter, in terms of the motion of molecules? To the nineteenth century physicist, until almost the middle of the century, heat was quite mysterious and its relation to energy was not at all clear. Today, we recognize that heat is really a form ofkinetic energy . At the submicroscopic level, matter is composed ofatoms and molecules. These atoms and molecules in a body are always moving in a completely random fashion. The energy of this random motion is heat. «The Physicists’ View of Nature, Part 1: From Newton to Einstein (Pt. 1)» by Amit Goswami (Author)-
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